Custom Builder 2013 Awards
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…
Outdoor Living
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…
5 LUXURY BATHS
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:…
Bathing Beauty
Bathing Beauty SIGNATURE LOOK The lavish bath pictured here presents the Lineare Tortora line of rectified porcelain tiles by Roberto Cavalli Home. Walls, wainscot…
Simple + Sustainable
Simple + Sustainable The road to builder Mark Turner’s Fauquier County weekend home wends through a valley dotted with farms and pastures. A visitor…
Global Luxury
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…
Making Waves
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…
Touch of Class
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…
Rhythm + Light
Rhythm + Light Nearly 20 years after Larry Bruneel bought two wooded acres near Berkeley Springs, West Virginia, he was ready to build his…
2013 National Design Awards
2013 National Design Awards The National Design Awards represent every avenue of design from architecture, interiors and landscape to fashion, graphics and media. Each…
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
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…
AIA NOVA 2013 Design Awards
AIA NOVA 2013 Design Awards Members of the AIA Northern Virginia chapter gathered on June 6 for their annual Design Awards Celebration at the…
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…
Art Studio: Creative Fiber
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…
Sexy Sanctuaries: Organic Vibe
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…
Sexy Sanctuaries: Quiet Luxury
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…
Home Court Advantage
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…
Sexy Sanctuaries: Elegant Touch
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…
Sexy Sanctuaries: Sleek Update
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…
Sexy Sanctuaries: Tiny Jewel
Sexy Sanctuaries: Tiny Jewel Sometimes drama comes in small packages. Such is the case in a powder room designed by Dahlia Mahmood. Serving a…
In the Balance
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…
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…