The Eco-Friendly Home
Neopolitan bamboo flooring. Green is big. It’s trendy. But, as most practitioners of green design will tell you, it also just makes sense. We’ve…
Remodeling 101
Encompass Design/Build won a Finalist award in the category of Entire House $500,000 to $1,000,000 for this project in Vienna, VA.What was the greatest…
The Great Outdoors
Chapel Valley Landscape Company. Photo by Roger Foley. Homeowners are increasingly asking landscape architects and designers for complete outdoor entertaining areas and eco-friendly landscape…
A Washington Gem Restored
An anteroom leads into the foyer, where new marble and honed black-granite tiles replicate the room’s original black-and-white painted concrete floor. In Washington, buying…
A New Perspective
Andy Warhol’s portrait of Mao presides over an antique French mantel in the double-height living room, a blast of color in an otherwise muted…
Habitable Art
In the back yard, the copper-clad garden pavilion containing a two-story storm porch appears to float above a glass-enclosed gallery space. Photo by Paul…
A Modern Shift
A new stainless-steel door flanked by bands of clear and frosted glass, new stainless-steel railings and Achille Castiglion’s Taraxaum chandelier set a decidedly modern…
Ahead of the Curve
Architect Skip Maginniss tried to maintain as much transparency as possible in designing the corner windows, which appear to wrap around the house without…
Fresh Start
In the living room of this DC condominium, the cavernous 30-foot dome was lowered to soften the acoustics. With dramatic panoramic views of the…
Tailored to Fit
In the new makeover, banks of windows along the rear of the home open it up to garden views. Joe and Nancy Garcia purchased…
2007 Contractor of the Year Awards
Nash Construction won a Contractor of the Year award for this project that included a large addition to the existing home including opening up…
Row House Meets Loft
The front façade’s arched openings and iron-spotted brick were inspired by the architecture of Washington’s historic row houses.Row House Meets Loft A new condominium…
Extreme Ceilings
Tania Seabock spent four and a half months painting the central-foyer ceiling in this McLean home. This is the central medallion. Think of ceiling…
Fall 2006 High Point Market
The American’s new Mission LineFall 2006 High Point Market Interior designer Sarah Boyer Jenkins scouts the Fall 2006 High Point International Furniture Market for…
Bring Home the Digital Age
Wireless Meat and BBQ thermometerAh, the Consumer Electronics Show. The annual tech fest that lures tens of thousands into the Las Vegas Convention Center….
A Suburban Resort
These days, ordinary swimming pools are simply off the radarscope. Nobody who’s spending the money for a pool wants the standard rectangle or the…