Braden Holtby began his illustrious ice hockey career as a goalie for the Washington Capitals. Over 10 years, he and his wife Brandi put down roots in the DC area, […]
Braden Holtby began his illustrious ice hockey career as a goalie for the Washington Capitals. Over 10 years, he and his wife Brandi put down roots in the DC area, […]
More and more,” Frank Lloyd Wright once declared, “it seems to me that light is the beautifier of the building.” The renowned architect’s words reflect an overarching ambition for a […]
Julia and Craig Feldman and their son Henry had lived in their 1952 brick rambler for 12 years when they decided it was time for an overhaul. In addition to […]
About to outgrow their townhouse, a couple of Italian expats with one youngster and a baby on the way set out to find larger digs in the District. A 1980s-era […]
When an 11,600-square-foot McLean residence first caught builder Jonathan Smith’s eye, it was not an asset to the neighborhood—to put it kindly. Some of its faults were the result of […]
How does an architect orchestrate the renovation of a house when he becomes the client? The home of Stephen Vanze, a founding principal at BarnesVanze Architects, and his life partner […]
Downsizing has its upsides, as a couple from McLean, Virginia, discovered when they moved from their longtime, single-family home to a 20-year-old townhouse community in a historic district nearby. Although they […]
When Robyn Segal and Marshall Rifkin moved into their 1912 Kalorama row house, they anticipated upheaval. For the just-married couple—a real estate entrepreneur and financier respectively—the opportunity for a major […]
Stylistically, Washington’s Watergate complex has always exhibited a split personality. The cutting-edge 1960s project by Italian architect Luigi Moretti came with a futuristic, curvilinear exterior and curiously fussy interiors. Following […]
With daylight flowing in and an open floor plan that makes living joyful, the owner of a redesigned Cabin John, Maryland, home recalls the epiphany that led her family to […]
A couple downsizing from a stately home in DC’s Foxhall district did not want to compromise on style when they acquired a Georgetown penthouse. They tapped Anthony Wilder Design/Build and […]
In 2003, two newly married lawyers bought their first home, a three-story, red-brick Colonial in Northwest DC’s Tenleytown neighborhood. At 1,960 square feet, the three-bedroom, three-and-a-half-bath abode desperately needed an […]
A fascination with air travel convinced a couple to buy a condo with runway views of Reagan National Airport. “We were sitting in the car at Gravelly Point watching the planes […]
Almost four years ago, a dermatologist and an architect met at the DC preschool their sons attended. Talk turned to home design and their shared modernist sensibility. The doctor and […]
In the late 1980s, an Annapolis college professor with deep Virginia roots bought 40 acres and a hilltop home outside Charlottesville. For nearly three decades, he and his wife passed […]
From the street, the house in Richmond’s West End doesn’t appear to have changed much. It presents with matching roof gables and a deep, welcoming portico—but the roof height is […]