Residential Architect articles

Recent articles from Residential Architect

What were they thinking? Why our jury of architects picked three projects for top honors.(from the editor)
May 1, 2006... Here at ra, we look forward to our design awards competition every year, always excited about what our jury of architects will elevate to Project of the Year. More often than not, our jury falls in love with a quiet jewel box of a custom home, the product of abundant talent and a limitless...

R is for rethinking.(letters: exercise your right to write.)(Letter to the editor)
May 1, 2006... As a registered architect, reading "R Is for Architect" (May 2005, page 25) brought back memories that are not all that nostalgic. [Many factors] delayed me from completing IDP [requirements] and the ARE before seven years had passed since my eligibility. In Cheryl Weber's words, "Life...

The snub hubbub.(letters: exercise your right to write.)(Letter to the editor)
May 1, 2006... I read with interest your editorial in the May 2005 issue ("Group Hug," page 19). My husband and I have long felt the snub [from other architects] for the small custom home practice. We are tired of sitting in seminars [that] don't address the high (and growing) level of bureaucracy and...

Redlines.(letters: exercise your right to write.)(Correction notice)
May 1, 2006... We misspelled the name of the photographer of the Marvin windows shown in the Albert, Righter & Tittmann Architects project on page 73 of the April 2006 issue. The correct spelling is Chip Riegel. The island house cited in the story was designed by Jacob Albert, AIA.

Deconstructing prefab.(home front: news from the leading edge of residential design.)
May 1, 2006... They came for the house tours and the rotating deejays. They came for the 100-plus exhibitors, including furniture makers, interior designers, and architects. But the 7,500 people who attended CA Boom 3 in March also came, in large part, to learn more about prefabricated housing. The Santa...