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Thaden School Master Plan Bentonville, Ark. EskewDumezRipple with Marlon Blackwell Architects and Andropogon Associates Founded in 2015, the Thaden School in Bentonville, Ark., aims to facilitate learning experiences that keep students connected to the land. Victor Buchholz, AIA, Chair, LRK Kotaro Nakamura, AIA, RNT Architects Marilys Nepomechie, FAIA, Florida International University Vanessa Quirk Yuting Zhang, AIA, Gensler East End Transformation St. Louis KieranTimberlake, Tao + Lee Associates, BNIM, Moore Ruble Yudell Architects & Planners, Mackey Mitchell Architects, Perkins Eastman, and Patterhn Ives Dreamed up by Cope and Stewardson in 1900, the original master plan for Washington University in St. Louis established a park-like setting. A boldly hued play space and a covered event area add to the park's inviting vibe, while a splash park with three water towers that draw from the site's past as a water stop for the Frisco Line references the town's industrial roots. [Extracted from the article]

Equal parts economical and organic, Wanaka Wedge House bears out the promise of Actual's inventive prototype idea, bringing cosmopolitanism and comfort to a countryside near you. Each year, the Residential Architect Design Awards aim to highlight the best in single-family and multifamily architecture-forward-thinking new builds, renovations, and affordable housing initiatives that capture where the field is, and should be, moving. -Lindsey Slay Williams DIAGRAM PHOTO (COLOR): Honor Award winner Wanaka Wedge House by Actual Architecture Co. is a three-bedroom residence in New Zealand. [Extracted from the article]

From dozens of entries, jurors Avideh Haghighi, AIA, Kat Schneider, and Doris Sung, AIA, chose six winners that are shaping the future of design. For the 16th Annual R+D Awards, jury and editorial staff alike were astounded by the diversity of solutions and innovations offered by the 2022 award winners, from digital sustainability tools to re-envisioning the age-old materials of wood, glass, and terra cotta. "By selecting a very dark glass, we were able to amplify the play of reflection and pattern overlap to make a visual register of the formal modifications that in turn generated the acoustic gradients", Newell says. [Extracted from the article]

The 2023 Residential Architect Design Awards recognized 10 winners who demonstrated innovation in residential architecture. The jurors, Benjamin Anderson, Maija Kreishman, and Tya Winn, carefully considered factors such as scale, purpose, and sustainability in their selection process. The winners included the Henry Island Guesthouse in Washington's San Juan Islands, designed by Bohlin Cywinski Jackson. This award highlights how residential architecture can positively impact individuals, communities, and the environment. [Extracted from the article]

Architect/Interior Designer: David Baker Architects, San Francisco. The residential entrance is on Taylor, and from there, "it was important to have a direct view into the courtyard", Baker says, "but you want a little more shelter from such a tough street.". [Extracted from the article]

Designed by Redondo Beach, Calif.-based RAS-A Studio, the two-story, 2,110-square-foot Walk-Street House draws its name from its location fronting a pedestrian-only street in Hermosa Beach. To limit the incursion of the automobile further, the designers incorporated a two-car "stacker" mechanical parking lift in the garage to the rear of the property, halving the footprint necessary to meet the community's requirement for a two-car garage. Floor-to-ceiling glazing marks much of the first floor; the glass is punctuated by western red cedar siding that's deployed both inside and out in several configurations: horizontal, vertical, and slatted. [Extracted from the article]

Los Angeles-based Edward Ogosta Architecture faced a lot of challenges when conceiving the SkyValley House in Lake Arrowhead, Calif.: difficult sloping topography exacerbated by tight building setbacks, dense vegetation, and community regulations that prescribed "a nostalgic Alpine architecture with steeply pitched roofs, "earth tones", and decorative detailing." A wide exterior deck to the east and south extends the living spaces and master bedroom over and above the descending landscape. -Jenny Wu The house is a mix of the simple and complex: There's a straightforward rectangular floor plan and black corrugated-metal cladding on both exterior walls and roof, but the structure is topped by slopes that are momentarily hip, shed, and gable. [Extracted from the article]

Dan Rockhill's University of Kansas-based Studio 804 created these two small houses on a quiet residential street in Lawrence, Kan., in response to the area's changing demographics, which suggest a growing need for more small and affordable homes. A narrow shed-roofed extension along the west flank of both houses contains front and rear entries and a galley-style kitchen. The 650-square-foot studio house features an open plan, while the 1,000-square-foot house has a single enclosed bedroom with a semi-private area that can be used as an office or second bedroom. [Extracted from the article]

Dubbed Oculi House for the most memorable of the interventions by Brooklyn, N.Y.-based O'Neill Rose Architects, this transformation of a 3,000-square-foot brownstone spreads abundant natural light through four floors within the narrow constraints of a common New York City housing type. At the fourth-floor lounge area, floor-to-ceiling glazing is deployed at front and rear; it is supplemented on the lower floors by expansive windows facing the rear yard to increase the presence of natural light throughout the space. Light-colored painted-plaster walls, light-stained custom wood floors, and thin, minimal balusters on the stairs walk the line between modern and traditional design, while enhancing the reflection and filtering of daylight. [Extracted from the article]

This 2,100-square-foot postwar brick residence in Pittsburgh was renovated by the local office of Bohlin Cywinski Jackson for a young design-savvy couple with three children. The light-stained pine stairs are bathed in natural light and surrounded by white-painted slat-screen walls that downstairs visually connect the foyer and dining room. Existing door, window, and wall trim was removed, leaving sharp, plaster-framed openings that enhance shadows with their clear-cut edges. [Extracted from the article]

The Hut presents a very singular image of domesticity, with its almost-square plan topped by a hipped roof. The living room and bedroom are a single space centered on a wood burning stove located in front of a 25-foot-wide wall of floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the surrounding forest and a lake. The architects call the Hut's design an example of "country minimalism", although the clear Scandinavian influences suggest something a bit more sophisticated than one might expect from a cabin in the woods. [Extracted from the article]

Designed by Los Angeles-based TOLO Architecture, the Branch House brings a village of abstract domestic forms to a typical suburban enclave in Montecito, Calif. A series of eight rectangular volumes, each with a skylight, enclose a living room and dining room, a kitchen, a two-car garage, an office, two bedrooms, a master bath, and a powder room, respectively, and are deployed in a nonorthogonal layout across the site. Colorfully glazed Heath clay tile punctuates specific areas: blue for the kitchen, and blue, pink, and yellow for the bathrooms. [Extracted from the article]

This reckless car-oriented development impacted the Chinatown neighborhood and left many oddly shaped-and sized-sites that still sit as parking lots or similar underdeveloped uses. Local firm ISA designed XS House for one of these parcels, an 11-foot-by- 93-foot lot that isn't much larger than a wide sidewalk setback. Zoning allowed façade projections up to 3 feet deep, a dimension that would typically be just a bay window in a standard apartment, but which expanded some of XS House's tiny units by as much as a third. [Extracted from the article]

The green roof that swoops down to the ground to invite entry has become a bit of cliché in contemporary architecture. In South Los Angeles, it helps define the primary entrance to Lorcan O'Herlihy Architects' (LOHA) MLK1101 Supportive Housing, which sits on an infill site along Martin Luther King Jr Boulevard. MLK1101 is a 34,000-square-foot complex with 26 affordable studio to three-bedroom apartment units, whose tenants include formerly homeless veterans, chronically homeless individuals, and low-income households. [Extracted from the article]

Thankfully, recently completed interior renovations led by local preservation architect T. Gunny Harboe, faia, showcase Wright's design more clearly than it's been seen in a century. Harboe Architects' restoration of the living room included rebuilding the inglenook to Wright's original specifications, as well as restoring the glazing, light fixtures, and interior finishes. [Extracted from the article]

The article reviews the architectural design of the Haus Gables in Atlanta, Georgia designed by Jennifer Bonner and Volkan Alkanoglu of MALL.

The article reviews the architectural design of the Children's Library at Concourse House in Bronx, New York designed by Michael K Chen Architecture.

The article offers information on Brian MacKay-Lyons, Canadian architect on sharing if building architecture in the landscape. Topics discussed offers ocean views and assess the kitchen and custom-designed table fabricated from local trees; black steel trusses on columns located on 12-foot centers; and mentions natural ventilation which predominates cross breezes through operable triple glazed doors.

Denizen Bushwick is an immense complex, filling two city blocks in Brooklyn with 1.2 million square feet of mixed-use residential development. Instead of the standard doughnut configuration that brings light and air into units through a single central courtyard, here, ODA created five courtyards by developing interlocking wings which vary between single-loaded corridors and the more typical double. The complex's most distinguishing features are the courtyard-facing murals that span the height of the eight- and nine-story buildings and enliven these public/private spaces. [Extracted from the article]

The article reviews the architectural design of Casa OchoQuebradas in Los Vilos, Chile designed by Santiago, Chile-based firm Elemental.

The article announces the 2018 Residential Architect Design Awards given to architectural works including the Multifamily Housing Award to Mariposa1038 apartment complex, the Student Housing award given to Olympia Place by Holst Architecture, and the Outbuilding Award to Sombreada Hasta pavilions.

The article informs that architects play a crucial role in addressing both the causes and effects of climate change through the design of the built environment. It is mentioned that innovative design is key to producing architecture that meets human needs. The article discusses the 2018 COTE Top Ten, a design competition that adapts to climate change projections, continues to support the health and well-being of inhabitants despite natural and human-caused disasters

The article evaluates the architectural design of a residential building located between Buenos Aires and La Plata in Argentina, designed by architect, Luciano Kruk.

The article focuses on the construction of the urban version of the rural house built and renovated by architectural firm Olson Kundig founding partner Jim Olson. Net-zero waste energy is a prerequisite in the construction with the building team engaged in achieving high energy performance. The materials are also selected using natural resources.

Located on Wilshire Boulevard and adjacent to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art expansion, a new, 1-kilometer-long pedestrian path unites the three primary areas of the site-museum, tar pits, and park-into an integrated series of experiences. The 522,720-square-foot master plan by New York-based Weiss/ Manfredi connects each of the site's elements and reimagines them as part of a continuum with lessons for today and the future. But the La Brea Tar Pits, a fossil-filled IUGS Geological Heritage site in Hancock Park, have always been a reminder that the city has a longer history. [Extracted from the article]

Designed by Toronto-based AAmp Studio, the 600-square-foot, wood-frame ADU fits snugly into a triangular site behind a 1920s Spanish-style home in Los Angeles' Hollywood Hills. Of a young entrepreneurial couple, the Hollywood Dell accessory dwelling unit is smartly configured to be adaptable to guest use or rental in the future. Two offices flank a full bathroom and a small kitchenette outfitted as a gym for the clients; Murphy beds in each office facilitate a transition to guest or rental use. [Extracted from the article]

The article announces the 2017 Residential Architect Design Awards (RADA) winners including the Bear Stand single-family residence in Gooderham, Ontario, the Bar House by Audrey Matlock Architect in Sag Harbor, New York and The Six apartment complex in Los Angeles, California.

The article evaluates the architectural design of a cottage outside Fontanars dels Alforins, Spain, that was designed by architect Ramón Esteve of the studio Estudio de Arquitectura.

The article evaluates the architectural design of the Studio 804 of the University of Kansas professor Dan Rockhill, located in Lawrence, Kansas.

The article evaluates the architectural design of Haussmann Stories in Paris, France that was designed by Thomas Corbasson and Luca Muratorio of the firm Chartier-Corbasson Architectes.

The article discusses the architectural design of the OZ Residence in Atherton, California, designed by San Francisco–based architect Stanley Saitowitz of Natoma Architects.

The article reviews the architectural design of a student housing complex, called Olympia Place, in Amherst, Massachusetts, designed by architectural firm Holst.

The article reviews the architectural design of Belay MKE, a mixed-use development in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, designed by Johnsen Schmaling Architects.

Brooks + Scarpa wrap three sides of the 12,000-square-foot Mennello Museum of American Art building in Orlando, Fla., with an appealing kit of simple volumes and extended overhangs that thoroughly integrate inside and out-and transform the former house into a cultural complex with forms reminiscent of classic Florida Modernism. Design Architects/Landscape: Brooks + Scarpa, Fort Lauderdale, Fla...Lawrence Scarpa, FAIA, Arty Vartanyan, Assoc. AIA (lead designers); George Faber (project architect); Angela Brooks, FAIA, Jeffrey Huber, AIA, Dio Ichillumpa, Yimin Wu, Fui Srivikorn, Todd Funkhouser, Iliya Muzychuk, Micaela Danko, Eleftheria Stavridi, Jennifer Doublet, Assoc. AIA, Heather Akers, AIA (project design team) Architect of Record: KMF Architects, Orlando, Fla...Eric Kleinsteuber, AIA (principal-incharge); Joe Morgan, AIA, Carl Shea, AIA, Rodney Bryant, Samantha Scimè, Assoc. AIA, Stephanie Doherty, Bill Emery (project team). [Extracted from the article]

Approximately 100 miles north of New York City, a defunct apple orchard in Livingston, N.Y., provides the evocative site for Cambridge, Mass.-based WOJR's dreamily named Elsewhere Hudson Valley complex of six free-standing guesthouses and an entry pavilion. Visitors access the complex via an atmospheric brick-arched tunnel whose narrow confines provide a threshold between parking and landscape. Beyond that structure, the complex's six guest houses are slotted on their own allées within the orchard, each taking the place of a handful of trees in the landscape. [Extracted from the article]

Located at one of the northmost points in Wisconsin, the hamlet of Cornucopia was named for its abundance of resources, which in the early 20th century included timber, fishing, and farming. Architect: Salmela Architect, Duluth, Minn. - David Salmela, FAIA (principal, designer); Salmela-designed deck chairs face the lake and contrast with the black cladding of the main house and new outbuildings. [Extracted from the article]

The article reviews the architectural design of the 38-foot-tall single-family residence Tiny Tower located in Philadelphia by architects Brian Phillips and Deb Katz of the firm ISA.

The article presents an architectural review for a new single-family house Lincoln Park House by HBRA Architects in Chicago's Lincoln Park, Illinois.

The article announces the 2016 Residential Architect Design Awards winners including the Mask House in Ithaca, New York, designed by WOJR, the Morgan Phoa Library and Residence in Los Feliz, California and the Emigration House in Utah designed by Steven Christensen Architecture.

The article evaluates the architectural design of White Walls mixed-use tower in Nicosia, Cyprus, designed by Ateliers Jean Nouvel.

The article looks at the design of Enough House, designed by MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects Ltd., which features a rainscreen with rigid insulation, wood-framed walls, and a bedroom with ladder to loft.

The article reviews the architectural design of the Grow Box suburban villa in Lexington, Massachusetts designed by the architectural firm, Merge Architects.