David Jameson Architect

David Jameson, FAIA

Primarily situated in and around Washington, DC, the work of David Jameson Architect evocatively negotiates the insertion of modernist residences within distinct urban conditions, suburban environments and rural landscapes. The studio aspires to elevate space into a poetic experience.

David Jameson believes that instilling a narrative ideology is what elevates his projects into meaningful architecture. “The resulting spatial experiences are intertwined with the conceptual genesis of each project,” he observes. “My studio explores each commission as habitable art.”

Some of Jameson’s most recent awards for residential design include an American Institute of Architects (AIA) National Honor Award for Interior Architecture; an AIA National Honor Award for Small Projects; an International Architecture Award; an American Architecture Award; and Awards of Excellence from the AIA’s DC, Maryland and Virginia chapters.

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David Jameson Architect

Location

Bethesda, Maryland

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Specialties

Build/Remodel/Renovation, Custom Home, Modern,

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Balanced above heavy wall elements, the glass-enclosed living pavilion acts as a lens to the landscape.
ARCHITECTURE: David Jameson Architect
PHOTOGRAPHY: Paul Warchol

Stone walls orient Wildcat Mountain Residence to its site.
ARCHITECTURE: David Jameson Architect
PHOTOGRAPHY: Paul Warchol

Screened by metal-clad walls, Ontario Residence features burnt-wood siding and a roof deck.
ARCHITECTURE: David Jameson Architect
PHOTOGRAPHY: Paul Warchol

Manifold House pays homage to manufactured assemblages with its prefabricated structural frame and weathered-steel louvers that control privacy and modulate light.
ARCHITECTURE: David Jameson Architect
PHOTOGRAPHY: Paul Warchol

Public functions revolve around a two-story volume on the main level.
ARCHITECTURE: David Jameson Architect
PHOTOGRAPHY: Paul Warchol

Public functions revolve around a two-story volume on the main level.
ARCHITECTURE: David Jameson Architect
PHOTOGRAPHY: Paul Warchol

Like a mirage, Vapor House celebrates water and its experiential qualities. Panels of rippled steel provide privacy and reflect the earth and sky, rendering unclear the building’s scale and materiality.
ARCHITECTURE: David Jameson Architect
PHOTOGRAPHY: Paul Warchol

Planar glazing, both kinetic and fixed, blurs the distinction between interior and exterior spaces that ebb and flow around the pool.
ARCHITECTURE: David Jameson Architect
PHOTOGRAPHY: Paul Warchol

Situated a half-mile from California’s San Andreas Fault, Woodside Residence amplifies the natural and experiential forces at work on the site and beyond.
ARCHITECTURE: David Jameson Architect
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Spatial fissures between the rough concrete structure and refined wood volumes allude to the tension between the earth’s surface and tectonic plates shifting beneath.
ARCHITECTURE: David Jameson Architect
PHOTOGRAPHY: BRUCE DAMONTE PHOTOGRAPHY

Hull House was inspired by the sloped roof requirements of a historic district; an abstracted origami-like tent drapes a steel-framed, hull-like space bound by transparent walls and an arrangement of pavilions.
ARCHITECTURE: David Jameson Architect
PHOTOGRAPHY: Paul Warchol

Hull House interior.
ARCHITECTURE: David Jameson Architect
PHOTOGRAPHY: Paul Warchol

3131 CBR compresses time by braiding industrial products with the hand of the artisan. Foundations were constructed on site while robotically built framing components were fabricated in controlled building environments. The curated project creates a spatial experience where the whole is greater than the sum of the parts.
ARCHITECTURE: David Jameson Architect

Conceived as a tectonic tapestry, Casa Madera Cristal weaves wood and glass constructs within bracketed masonry walls, exploring architectural juxtapositions: heavy and light, porosity and opacity, refined and raw.
ARCHITECTURE: David Jameson Architect

Conceived as a tectonic tapestry, Casa Madera Cristal weaves wood and glass constructs within bracketed masonry walls, exploring architectural juxtapositions: heavy and light, porosity and opacity, refined and raw.
ARCHITECTURE: David Jameson Architect

Conceived as a tectonic tapestry, Casa Madera Cristal weaves wood and glass constructs within bracketed masonry walls, exploring architectural juxtapositions: heavy and light, porosity and opacity, refined and raw.
ARCHITECTURE: David Jameson Architect