A Classic Outdoor Retreat McHale Landscape Design eliminated a 14-foot grade in this back yard, adding a vanishing-edge pool that aligns perfectly with the home’s center hall axis. From a […]

  Home Tech - Hot New Gadgets The Beer Tender Cool Brew Beer lovers rejoice. A sleek new tabletop beer dispenser by Krups in conjunction with Heineken, the BeerTender ($400) […]

Informal on a Grand Scale Big houses require big landscapes, and when a house is grand like this one in McLean, Virginia, it takes talent and ingenuity to come up […]

Mission Possible Katherine MacNeil’s award-winning design opened up the existing cramped kitchen, incorporating it with the dining space and family room.  When Caroline Rapking and her husband, David Hemingson, bought […]

A Natural Poolscape Surrounds brought in tons of boulders to fashion a waterfall that spills into the pool. Landscape architect Howard Cohen likes to work with his clients and translate […]

Coming of Age Wilma and Bruce Bowers purchased the existing 1960s Cape Cod with plans for a major renovation and expansion. Their ambitious makeover would create a three-story addition to […]

Private and Peaceful Stone walls at the edge of the pool create a transition to the lower pool level. A large brick house, an acre of land and a heavily […]

A New Beginning Anthony Wilder designed a renovation of the existing house and an addition. The finished house has a more unified, inviting appearance with new oval windows on either […]

A Modern Approach Inside the frameless steam shower, adjustable water tiles on the walls and ceiling regulate water flow.  There’s nothing like a complete remodel to rejuvenate a room. “This […]

  A Modern Acceleration The brick on the original house was painted a dark forest green to blend in with the HardiePanel siding that clads the new volume on one […]

A Lodge in the Woods The secluded new home, located just outside a nature preserve in Great Falls, Virginia, has a façade clad in cedar and stone. In March 2005 […]

Built-in High-Tech Using screens and touch panels throughout this Starr Systems-equipped home, homeowners can control  window coverings and lighting, access their digital music and video collections, adjust heating and cooling systems and use […]

A Worldly Mix The Coleman family left behind a Manhattan apartment when they moved into their spacious Potomac home overlooking horse pastures. While urbanite attorneys Maureen and Tim Coleman carefully […]

The Condo Conversion The lobby at Baltimore’s Silo Point reveals some of the architectural detail that distinguishes this new condominium complex located in a renovated 1920s grain elevator. The community […]

Inside Out A new open-air pavilion, rock garden and lily pond distinguish this award-winning project by The Landscape Group; photography by Steve Mendler. The garden is no longer just a […]

Park Potomac Place Condominium Luxury Park Potomac Place Residents enjoy a multitude of amenities in a central location Set in the heart of Montgomery County, Maryland, Park Potomac Place is […]