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3 weeks ago | 
residentialdesignmagazine.com | Caroline Hetzel
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has announced the winners of its 2025 Awards in 11 project categories including the Housing, Architecture, Interior Architecture, COTE Top Ten, and Small Project Awards. AIA presented the awards last night at an awards gala during the AIA Conference on Architecture & Design in Boston. “Every project honored through these 11 award programs reminds us of the profound impact architecture has on our communities,” said 2025 AIA President, Evelyn Lee, FAIA.
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3 weeks ago | 
residentialdesignmagazine.com | Caroline Hetzel
It’s increasingly rare these days to find that perfect parcel of land for a view house—one that’s easy to build on and easy to get to. At just under 10 acres, this site on Washington State’s Blakely Island in the San Juan Archipelago is “one of the most beautiful we’ve ever worked on,” says architect Matt Wittman, AIA, of Wittman Estes. But the rugged, heavily forested island has no commercial ferry service.
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3 weeks ago | 
residentialdesignmagazine.com | Caroline Hetzel
Private residential construction spending fell by 0.9% in April, marking the third consecutive monthly decline. This decrease was primarily driven by reduced spending in single-family construction and home improvements. Compared to a year ago, total spending was down 4.8%, as the housing sector continues to navigate the economic uncertainty stemming from ongoing tariff concerns and elevated mortgage rates.
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3 weeks ago | 
residentialdesignmagazine.com | Caroline Hetzel
Few firms in Washington, D.C., understand city buildings as well as Bonstra | Haresign. Founded just over 20 years ago by David Haresign, FAIA, and his partner Bill Bonstra, FAIA, the 30-person office has completed countless complex multifamily and commercial renovations, new builds, and adaptive reuses in the city itself and its surrounding towns and suburbs.
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1 month ago | 
residentialdesignmagazine.com | Caroline Hetzel
For their new home in Manhattan Beach, California, clients of the Los Angeles office of Brooks + Scarpa had the ideal request. “They really wanted light and air, which was right up my alley,” says Lawrence Scarpa, FAIA. The clients, a couple with three young children who live full-time in this Southern California beach community, also wanted five bedrooms and a three-car garage.
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1 month ago | 
residentialdesignmagazine.com | Caroline Hetzel
NAHB’s analysis of Census Data from the Quarterly Starts and Completions by Purpose and Design survey indicates flat year-over year growth for custom home builders. The custom building market is less sensitive to the interest rate cycle than other forms of home building but is more sensitive to changes in household wealth and stock prices. There were 34,000 total custom building starts during the first quarter of 2025. This was unchanged relative to the first quarter of 2024.
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1 month ago | 
residentialdesignmagazine.com | Caroline Hetzel
The AIA/Deltek Architecture Billings Index (ABI) score declined to 43.2 for the month. Billings have declined for 28 of the last 31 months, since they first dipped back into negative territory following the post-pandemic boom. Despite generally strong backlogs at firms, inquiries into new work declined for the third consecutive month in April, while the value of new design contracts declined at the majority of firms for the fourteenth consecutive month.
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1 month ago | 
residentialdesignmagazine.com | Caroline Hetzel
In a gridded city like Chicago, it’s rare to find a triangular lot like the one Larry Booth’s clients purchased in Lincoln Park. They lived several blocks away in a house that lacked natural light and were thrilled to find a plot with the potential for greater solar exposure. Booth Hansen’s team fully exploited the unique lot shape with a sawtooth design that faces south and, as a bonus, creates space for gardens. The corner lot wasn’t a clean slate, however.
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1 month ago | 
kitchenbathdesign.com | Caroline Hetzel
News by Caroline Hetzel May 8, 2025 May 8, 2025 Celebrating Rev-A-Shelf’s renewed partnership with Homes For Our Troops are (from l. to r.): Jennifer Roche and Ryan Jones of Rev-A-Shelf; Bill Ivey, Homes For Our Troops; Creighton Jones and Steve Jones Jr. of Rev-A-Shelf; Craig Jones of Jones Plastic and Engineering, and Army Sergeant Juan Arredondo, a veteran and HFOT home recipient.
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1 month ago | 
kitchenbathdesign.com | Caroline Hetzel
News by Caroline Hetzel May 8, 2025 May 8, 2025 MONTVALE, NJ — Sharp Home Electronics Company of America (SHCA), the U.S. Consumer Products Group of Sharp Electronics Corp., has announced that its Sharp Celerity High-Speed Oven has won the iF DESIGN AWARD 2025 in the award program’s Kitchen Appliance category. The Sharp Celerity High-Speed Oven features technology that rapidly reaches high temperatures and works with other functions to achieve faster cooking times.
