Custom Builder 2013 Awards
Sponsored by the Maryland-National Capital Building Industry Association, the annual Custom Builder Awards honors quality construction, architecture and design by custom builders and remodelers…
Outdoor Living
It’s been a while since designing a landscape simply meant planting beautiful flowers and rolling lawns. Today, homeowners are looking for much more than…
5 LUXURY BATHS
1. Organic Vibe: Design by Rixey-Rixey Architects read more 2. Quiet Luxury: Design by Nestor Santa-Cruz read more 3. Elegant Touch: Design by Karen…
Simple + Sustainable
The road to builder Mark Turner’s Fauquier County weekend home wends through a valley dotted with farms and pastures. A visitor comes face to…
Bathing Beauty
SIGNATURE LOOK The lavish bath pictured here presents the Lineare Tortora line of rectified porcelain tiles by Roberto Cavalli Home. Walls, wainscot and floor…
Global Luxury
ISLAND ESCAPE St. Regis marks its first foray into Africa with The St. Regis Mauritius Resort. Overlooking the island’s Le Morne Brabant Mountain, the…
Making Waves
PLUG + PLAY The 2014 Panamera S E-Hybrid is Porsche’s first plug-in hybrid. The sporty new model boasts a more powerful electric motor and…
Touch of Class
Nestled into a picturesque corner of Georgetown, one of DC’s few gated communities sprawls over 42 hilly acres of grounds dotted with red brick homes. The neighborhood…
Rhythm + Light
Nearly 20 years after Larry Bruneel bought two wooded acres near Berkeley Springs, West Virginia, he was ready to build his dream vacation home….
2013 National Design Awards
The National Design Awards represent every avenue of design from architecture, interiors and landscape to fashion, graphics and media. Each 2013 recipient has submitted…
Work Space
Between two nondescript buildings in the Palisades, stairs descend to a red door set in cinderblock walls painted white and gray. Few would guess…
On the Bookshelf
The Spirit of Place Fifteen years ago, DC architect Travis Price, FAIA, created the Spirit of Place/Spirit of Design program at Catholic University. Led by…
Art Studio: Creative Fiber
What in the world is that made of?” many viewers ask when seeing Jessica Beels’s translucent sculptures for the first time. Resembling the spiral…
Sexy Sanctuaries: Organic Vibe
From its quaint Georgetown street, it’s impossible to tell that the crisp white row house harbors a glass-enclosed master bathroom inspired not by the…
Home Court Advantage
In Michael Wilbon’s home office, framed clips from a 30-year career as sports writer and columnist for The Washington Post vie for space with…
Sexy Sanctuaries: Quiet Luxury
For working parents with two young children, the master bath in their hundred-year-old Chevy Chase home is an oasis of calm. Soft gray walls…
Sexy Sanctuaries: Elegant Touch
As plans for their new French Chateau-style home in Arlington took shape, the owners wanted to be sure that interior detailing and finishes would…
Sexy Sanctuaries: Sleek Update
Over the years, designer Deborah Kalkstein of Contemporaria helped a couple create modern interiors throughout their Bethesda home. But their master bath and powder room,…
AIA NOVA 2013 Design Awards
Members of the AIA Northern Virginia chapter gathered on June 6 for their annual Design Awards Celebration at the newly renovated Old Town Theater…
Sexy Sanctuaries: Tiny Jewel
Sometimes drama comes in small packages. Such is the case in a powder room designed by Dahlia Mahmood. Serving a masculine, clubby cigar lounge…
A Spirited Place
PHOTOGRAPHY BY ALAIN JARAMILLO Some of the most innovative creations arise when supply falls short of demand. Such was the case when a Virginia…
In the Balance
With its prominent location in downtown Baltimore, the University of Baltimore’s new John and Frances Angelos Law Center embraces the role of academic and…
Lofty Living
Hard-edged contemporary architecture is rarely kid-friendly, but a Modernist house in the Baltimore suburb of Lutherville proves otherwise. The homeowners and their three young children…