Design Debuts This fall marks a fresh chapter for the Washington Design Center, which will soon complete its move to a new location in the Franklin Court Building at 14th […]

Back to School Located near the Capitol in Northwest DC, Dunbar Senior High School began life as America’s first public high school for African Americans. The venerable 1916 building was […]

Farmhouse Living Framed by a gentle slope in front and wooded hills rolling toward the horizon at back, a new home in McLean, Virginia, blends so naturally into its pastoral […]

Customer Satisfaction When Annapolis-based Timberlake Design/Build began life 12 years ago, the firm already had plenty of experience to draw from: Sister company Timberlake Homes—with whom it shares an office—has […]

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 […]

HOT TALENT This annual feature spotlights a handful of gifted designers just making their mark in the region. Photographed in the future home of the Washington Design Center (in space […]

Family Affair Eleanor Niermann’s world  is filled with memories of her parents’ boundless talent for creating beautiful furnishings. The Maryland company they founded in 1978—maker of elegant, handcrafted furniture, lighting […]

Lighting the Way LORD OF THE RINGS The Giuko pendant series from Leucos features sleek aluminum rings with round, blown-glass diffusers in a satin finish. Pictured here, the Itre Giuko […]

City Chic Lori Graham’s 14th Street shop, Lori Graham Home, perfectly exemplifies the designer’s chic, eclectic sensibility. A trip to her home, therefore, comes as no surprise. It exudes the […]