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 […]
The transition from collaborating casually on projects to opening their own design-build firm was an organic one for San Antonio-based Jana Valdez and her husband Armando. Jana Valdez had been working as an interior designer for 15 years, while Armando Valdez had 25 years of experience as a contractor. Their complementary talents made them a […]
