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 […]
Barriers - Moisture, Air, Thermal
February 1, 2019
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GCP Applied Technologies provides an advanced alternative to housewraps with its GCP Vycor enV-S self-adhered weather resistive barrier. Directly adhering to sheathing, the membrane forms a water- and air-tight seal around the fasteners used to install siding and exterior finishing materials and adheres to itself to improve protection at the laps; it does not require […]
