Custom Builder 2015 Awards Sponsored by the Maryland Building Industry 
Association, the annual Custom Builder Awards honor quality architecture, 
construction and remodeling projects 
in the Greater Washington, DC, area. 
Following […]

Simple Roots Architect Mark Buchanan remembers tramping through a barn and wandering around a pond, fields and outbuildings on his client’s horse farm near Middleburg when he first visited to […]

Perfect Panorama “Come in, you have to see this,” beckons architect Christian Zapatka, standing at the door of a recently completed project in McLean, Virginia. He and the homeowner are positively […]

Out on a Limb On a whim, while visiting a client’s job site in 2001, architect Mark Kohler walked down to the end of the wooded street to see a […]

Writer's Refuge A Virginia-based screenwriter needed a quiet space where he could work at home with a minimum of loving distractions from his three young daughters. He found refuge—and more—in […]

Sun Catcher Located on a bluff high above a mighty river, a multi-tiered stone, wood and stucco home would look right at home in Aspen or Big Sur. Which is […]

Night Scape In the incandescent light of Trevor Young’s paintings, the tender is the night. Past the shimmering surface of his polished art, isolated buildings and distant roadways inhabit an […]

Camera Ready CNN’s chief congressional correspondent Dana Bash knows how to prepare for a photo shoot. Breezing down the stairs of her house, she is perfectly made up and coiffed […]

Serene Retreats: Glamorous Touch During the recent makeover of an Alexandria home, interior designer Shazalynn Cavin-Winfrey went for a bold look in the master bath. “The rest of the house […]

Serene Retreats: Going Modern The shower leaked, the whirlpool tub was collecting dust and the dark marble finishes and brass trim had long overstayed their welcome in the master bath […]

Serene Retreats: Classic Comfort When designing a new Potomac home, Diane Shaw created a master bath that mirrored the aesthetic reflected in the rest of the house: clean-lined yet classical, […]

Retail Connection Located in Southwest DC, L’Enfant Plaza and the adjacent 10th Street Promenade were the 1960s brainchildren of architect I.M. Pei. Flanked by a series of federal office buildings, […]