Residential Design Magazine

Stealth House by Specht Novak RD Architecture Awards 2025 Honor Award | Custom Accessory or Outbuilding This accessory dwelling unit in Austin, Texas, by Specht Novak, completely won over the judging panel. “It requires no outer views and yet lives with so much light and garden. I’m obsessed,” raved one judge. “I think it’s perfect,” said another. Keep reading and see more photos: https://lnkd.in/gjE8-drh … Stealth House | 📍 Austin, Texas Architect: Scott Specht, AIA, principal, Specht Novak, Austin, Texas Builder: Austin Smock, Smock Studio, Austin Structural engineer: Richard Luevano, Steinman Luevano Structures, LLP, Austin Photography: Leonid Furmansky

Ceramics Studio by GO'C RD Architecture Awards 2025 Honor Award | Custom Accessory or Outbuilding A talented ceramics artist with a growing business and following was ready for her own studio, but in West Seattle, space is a limited resource. Building a detached ADU behind her residence — rather than a single-purpose art space — helped her secure permitting and a construction loan, as well as facilitating her vision to host community events. Keep reading and see more photos: https://lnkd.in/g6Z6cQSp … Ceramics Studio | 📍 Seattle Architect: Jon Gentry, AIA, partner; Aimée O’Carroll, ARB, partner; Max Hunold, GO’C, Seattle Builder: Thomas Johnston, RA, Dovetail General Contractors, Seattle Structural Engineer: Kevin Winner, PE, Pacific Engineering & Design, PLLC, Wenatchee, Washington Photography: Kevin Scott

Breuer Guest Suites by SALA Architects RD Architecture Awards 2025 Citation Award | Residential Special Constraints A collection of 10 apartments designed by Marcel Breuer lines a wooded lakeshore at Saint John’s University’s Collegeville Institute. Originally designed to house the male attendees of ecumenical programs and their families, the modest apartments had over time experienced a change of program, housing more diverse users for varying stretches of time, as well as a lot of wear and tear. Keep reading and see more photos: https://lnkd.in/g8p5br6e … Breuer Guest Suites at the Collegeville Institute, Saint John’s University | 📍 Collegeville, Minnesota Architect: David Wagner, AIA, principal; Marta Snow, AIA, project architect, SALA Architects, Minneapolis Builder: Breitbach Construction Company, Elrosa, Minnesota Photography: Troy Thies Photography

New Issue: Vol. 6, 2025 | In this edition, you’ll find case studies by Lake Flato Architects, Mowery Marsh Architects, Cotton Estes Architect, Joeb Moore & Partners LLC, and FORWARD Design | Architecture. Plus, Pro-File Design: Richard Beard Architects and Parti Shot by Walker Warner Architects. Browse the Digital Edition to see more: https://lnkd.in/g2twJwNC ... On the Cover: High Meadow Residence by Lake Flato Architects Photo: Joe Fletcher Photography

Chimney Rock Residence by Nick Noyes Architecture RD Architecture Awards 2025 Citation Award | Residential Special Constraints When you need to build quickly, modular construction is your friend. The team at Nick Noyes Architecture had never designed a modular house before. But a client had purchased a property on the famed Silverado Trail in Napa Valley in order to build a spec house and wanted to recoup her investment as quickly as possible. “Time is money,” says Nick Noyes, FAIA, who estimates that modular construction shaved nine months off the construction schedule. Keep reading and see more photos: https://lnkd.in/gdV7QcHR … Chimney Rock Residence | 📍Napa, California Architect: Nick Noyes, FAIA, principal; Michael Perkins, principal; Nick Noyes Architecture, San Francisco Interior design: Anne Sneed Architectural Interiors, Del Mar, California Builder: Del Mar Restoration, Del Mar, California Prefabricated modules: Method Homes®, Seattle Landscape architect: lisachestnut | landscapes, Encinitas, California, and Marfa, Texas Structural engineer: Ashley & Vance Engineering, Inc., Reno, Nevada Photography: Suzanna Scott Photography

Blatto Boat by GO'C RD Architecture Awards 2025 Citation Award | Residential Special Constraints The houseboat moored on Seattle’s Lake Union had to fit within the narrow 12-foot-by-40-foot footprint of the previous vessel and provide the amenities and privacy of a conventional home. Working with a nautical engineer, Aimée O’Carroll and Jon Gentry, AIA, made the most of their project constraints to ensure the owner wouldn’t “feel like they were on top of their neighbors,” says Aimée. Keep reading and see more photos: https://lnkd.in/gZykDK-t … Blatto Boat | 📍 Seattle Architect: Jon Gentry, AIA, partner; Aimée O'Carroll, ARB, partner; Max Hunold, GO’C, Seattle, Washington Builder: Wild Tree Woodworks LLC, Seattle Boat Builder: Snow and Company, Seattle Structural Engineer: Swenson Say Faget, Seattle Nautical Engineer: KraftMar Design Services, Seattle Photography: Andrew Pogue

STEEL Life by Zack | de Vito Architecture + Construction RD Architecture Awards 2025 Citation Award | Architectural Interiors For a 1970s condominium renovation, Jim Zack, FAIA, and Leland Classen seized the opportunity to run with their design vision. “A good client is willing to let us do what we want,” Jim says. “The freedom allows us to explore and build.” The owner wanted to wake up to views of the San Francisco skyline and open up the unit’s floor plan for entertaining and showcasing his art collection. The designers constructed a 20-foot-long, 8-foot-tall sliding interior door of steel panels that visually connects the bedroom to the living areas when open. Keep reading and see more photos: https://lnkd.in/gDehXQwy … STEEL Life | 📍 San Francisco, California Architect: Jim Zack, FAIA, principal in charge; Leland Classen, project architect, Zack | de Vito Architecture + Construction, San Francisco Builder, Interior Designer, Lighting Designer, Steel Fabricator: Zack | de Vito Furniture Designer: Jim Zack, Zack | de Vito Furnituremaker: Lawrence Gandsey Furniture Millwork: Cabinets Quick, Los Angeles; Zack | de Vito Steel Supplier: Van Bebber Brothers Wood Slabs for Custom Furniture: Evan Shively, Arborica Photography: Bruce Damonte

Translators’ House by Jacobschang Architecture RD Architecture Awards 2025 Citation Award | Architectural Interiors To reflect the homeowners’ multiple ties to Japan, Jacobschang Architecture translated aspects of the country’s traditional architecture into a new build in Culver City, California. A front door of Japanese chestnut boards hand-tooled in a Naguri cut style opens to a genkan entryway of rugged stones and concrete to receive outdoor shoes. A raised, finished wood floor takes visitors along an L-shaped wall of board-formed concrete that anchors the house like a spine. “The detail, scale, and registration of the 2-by-6 boards in the concrete feels comfortable for domestic spaces,” Mike Jacobs says. Keep reading and see more photos: https://lnkd.in/dqcY3y2Q … Translators’ House | 📍Culver City, California Architect: Mike Jacobs, principal; Guillaume Lapointe, Jacobschang Architecture, New York Builder: Chadwick & Doggett General Contracting, Marina Del Rey, California Interior Designer: Pascha Goodwin, Design LO . CA, Los Angeles Landscape Architect: Campion Walker Landscapes, Topanga, California Landscape Installation: Mama Mountain Landscaping Structural Engineering: Thang Le & Associates, Arcadia, California Photography: Michael Wells

Tangletown Telescope Addition by Robert Hutchison Architecture RD Architecture Awards 2025 Citation Award | Renovation In Seattle’s Tangletown neighborhood, a couple with a large dog asked Robert Hutchison to extend the rear of their 1913 Craftsman bungalow to strengthen its connection to the gardens and add much-needed guest and flex spaces. Like the doorways of their original house, a new short walkway between the old and added spaces is topped by a radius arch opening. Adjacent to the transition, a curved ledge of similar radius frames a large skylight, one of three that invite natural light into the addition. Keep reading and see more photos: https://lnkd.in/gBwcZHVe … Tangletown Telescope Addition | 📍 Seattle Architect: Robert Hutchison, principal in charge; Xiaoxi Jiao, project staff, Robert Hutchison Architecture, Seattle Builder: Method Construction, Inc., Seattle Interior Designer: Robert Hutchison Architecture Structural Engineer: Harriott Valentine Engineers, Seattle Photography: Rafael Soldi

Facelift by David Jameson Architect RD Architecture Awards 2025 Citation Award | Renovation Like a sculptor paring away a block of stone, David Jameson’s renovation calmed this developer house’s overwrought elevations. Working within the house’s footprint and bearing walls, he quieted the exterior by removing gratuitous bump-outs and joining some of the first- and second-story windows vertically, while infilling others with concrete block. Flattening the hipped roofs helped to scale down the structure, and a coat of variegated stucco, inspired by hand-hewn finishes the clients admired in Morocco, creates a cohesive composition.  Keep reading and see more photos: https://lnkd.in/gW29RvWU … Facelift | 📍 Potomac, Maryland Architect/Interior Designer: David Jameson, FAIA, David Jameson Architect Inc., Bethesda, Maryland Builder: Ally DC, Washington, D.C. Landscape designer: David Jameson Architect Photography: Paul Warchol