The leafy neighborhoods along the Potomac River in Washington, D.C.’s privileged inner-ring suburbs offer an ideal combination of urbanity and livability. Yet their downside is the tight lots, closely spaced houses, and busy roads. Mark McInturff, FAIA, sought to preserve privacy when he designed a house for a married couple along the waterway that divides […]
Residential Design magazine invites you to enter your best residential work in our national RD Architecture Awards competition (RDAA). The RD Architecture Awards recognize excellence in custom residential design. This is a different kind of awards competition that covers the breadth and scope of work by talented residential architects and designers. We recognize that contemporary […]
Changes proposed by the Washington, D.C.-based U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to Energy Star window, door and skylight standards have generated discussion and controversy in the industry. Some major manufacturers and industry associations, for example, have expressed concerns about product-development costs associated with increasingly ambitious energy efficiency goals. Revised criteria are expected to take effect in […]
