Outdoor Vision It’s easy for homeowners planning a landscape project to come up with a wish list of desired features. What is not so easy is creating a design that […]

2014 Architect Spotlight Throughout the Baltimore-Washington region, experienced local architects apply their vision and expertise to a wide range of custom-home designs and renovations. Via the following links, some of […]

2014 Lanscape Visionaries Experienced landscape architects and designers throughout the Baltimore-Washington region apply their vision and expertise to a wide range of projects, including pools and water features, inviting gardens […]

Home Tours MARYLAND 58th Potomac Country House Tour & Festival October 4 & 5; potomaccountryhousetour.org A tour of four diverse Potomac homes, from a sleek contemporary to a reimagined Williamsburg […]

AIA NOVA 2014 Design Awards Members of the AIA Northern Virginia chapter gathered on June 12 for their annual design awards celebration at 1812 North Moore, a new LEED-certified office […]

Creative Fusion Almost 200 of the nation's most notable contemporary crafters will converge from October 31 to November 2 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center to fuse decorative and […]

Custom Builder 2014 Awards Sponsored by the Maryland-National Capital Building Industry Association, the annual Custom Builder Awards honors quality architecture, construction and remodeling projects in the Greater Washington, DC, area. […]

Going Modern Building a new house typically requires choosing an architectural style and sticking with it through construction. Countering this practice, a couple combined both historical and contemporary designs to […]

Suite Life You can’t see it until you swing around the driveway of this well-appointed stone house in McLean, but once a guest arrives at the milky-white paneled door surrounded […]

On the Bookshelf RECIPES FOR SUCCESS Award-winning Chevy Chase kitchen designer Jennifer Gilmer has released the ultimate guide to planning and designing the perfect kitchen. The Kitchen Bible, written by Gilmer […]

A Simple Plan When Rui Ponte and wife Jean Assuncao bought the dilapidated 1940s Cape Cod house in Bethesda’s Edgemoor neighborhood in 1995, it didn’t even occur to them to […]

Shore Life On a breezy July afternoon, chef Robert Wiedmaier offered his guests morsels of savory-sweet Maryland crab, a taste of what would be on the menu that evening. The […]

Celebrate Fall in Style LATIN ACCENT ON 14TH STREET James Beard award-winning chef Michael Schlow recently opened Tico, serving cuisine inspired by his travels to Latin America, Mexico and Spain. […]

Chic Getaways & CAMILLE BACHRACH LUXURY ON THE MEDITERRANEAN Whether you want an active vacation or a beach break, Columbia Beach Resort on Cyprus’s Bay of Pissouri will fit the […]

Elegant Vibe Twenty years after interior designer Rosemarie Howe and contractor Tom Gilday collaborated on a Chevy Chase renovation, the same clients called them back for an update. This time, […]

Bathing Brilliance LIGHT AND AIRY Designed by Gardenia Orchidea, Italo Ceramica’s new Linear 3D ceramic tile imparts texture and movement to the bathroom with its basket-weave motif. italoceramica.com MOROCCAN MOOD […]