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Residential Design - Magazine | “I grew up in rural Pennsylvania—on a farm, milking cows,” Timothy Clites, AIA, says. “I also framed houses and wanted to be a contractor. So I went to community college to learn about drafting. I wanted to know how to draw the house I would build.” Read more about Tim's story and his firm in "Pro-File Design: Clites Architects"— https://bit.ly/3YC9nsU #residentialarchitects #architecture #residentialdesign #architects #architecturefirm

Qualified Remodeler 2024 Master Design Awards Normandy Design Build Remodeling | Addition Less Than $250,000 — GOLD This family lived in a newer, fairly sizable home, but the space utilization and layout kept them from gathering together, so a primary driver of this addition was to capitalize on an open-concept layout that would connect the new family room to the existing kitchen. Keep reading + see more photos: https://bit.ly/4fE5NG7 … Normandy Design Build Remodeling, Hinsdale, Illinois Designer: Jeremy Paris Photos: courtesy of Normandy

“Our clients felt most areas were too congested and overbuilt,” says Brian Johnsen, AIA. “They ended up venturing into Northern Michigan and found pristine Lake Charlevoix.” https://bit.ly/48IgbKr

Qualified Remodeler 2024 Master Design Awards Harth Builders | Exterior Facelift — GOLD These clients wanted to transform their drab and understated 1980s center-hall, Colonial-style home to one with a modern farmhouse aesthetic with additional living space. Challenges associated with the project included navigating opposing roof lines and seamlessly marrying the old with the new. Keep reading + see more photos: https://bit.ly/3YjBIFv … Harth Builders, Lower Gwynedd, Pennsylvania HarthBuilders Designer: Anna Bush/Tammie Guevarra Location: Blue Bell, Pennsylvania Photos: Linda McManus Images

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Case Study: OFFbeat by Nick Deaver Jes Deaver Architecture Vultures and at least one fox were living in this storybook house in Austin’s Travis Heights neighborhood when Jes and Nick Deaver’s clients first saw it. Having been derelict for a decade, its renovation was an unlikely choice for a retired couple looking to build a modern house on an infill lot. Until, that is, they met the Deavers. Keep reading + see more — https://bit.ly/3Cxo74Y

Case Study: Wallingford by Prentiss + Balance + Wickline Architects Although the Seattle family with three young children loved life on the water in their lake house, they longed to develop strong ties with a community. They found a 50-foot-wide by 120-foot-deep infill lot in Wallingford, a tight-knit neighborhood in north central Seattle, and reached out to local firm Prentiss + Balance + Wickline Architects to create a home that would engage with the street front and neighborhood greenway running through their backyard. Keep reading + see more photos — https://bit.ly/3AKrIw0

Qualified Remodeler 2024 Master Design Awards Pinemar, Inc. | Historic Renovation — GOLD This project, originally a 1740 dairy barn, began as a kitchen renovation and family room addition, but it quickly grew into a complete renovation with a new conservatory added to the original front elevation. Keep reading + see more photos: https://bit.ly/3O1OZwE … Pinemar, Inc., Ardmore, Pennsylvania Designer: Elizabeth Bauer Interior Design/Warren Claytor Architects Photos: Francesco Lagnese

CALL FOR ENTRIES: The 2025 Residential Design Architecture Awards is open for submissions. The RD Architecture Awards (RDAA) recognize excellence in custom residential architectural design. Projects completed on or after January 1, 2020 will be considered for the 2025 RDAA program. All winning projects will be published in the print and digital editions of Residential Design magazine and on RD’s website. The regular deadline to register your entry is January 16, 2025 at 11:59 p.m. CT. Learn more about the 2025 RDAA program — https://lnkd.in/gqaYx7qJ ... Pictured: Henry Island Guest House by Bohlin Cywinski Jackson (2024 RDAA Honor Award, Custom Accessory or Outbuilding) / Photo by Aaron Leitz

2024 Residential Design Architecture Awards — Valley Estate by Anacapa Architecture Citation ? Custom on the Boards Valley House’s linearity and vertical layering was inspired by several Richard Serra sculptures owned by the clients, who are big art collectors. “We wanted the walls to be rooted in the landscape and even be conveyed as somewhat of a ruin, as if it’s been there a long time,” says Tony Schonhardt, AIA, director of design. Keep Reading + See More Photos: https://bit.ly/3ZT7Tgr Residential Design magazine | Vol. 3, 2024 … Architect: Dan Weber, AIA, principal in charge; Tony Schonhardt, AIA, design director; Lila Boyce, project manager; Anacapa Architecture, Santa Barbara, California Builder: Hill Construction Company, Los Angeles Interior designer: Lila Boyce, senior interior designer; Nicole Robinson, Tete Ramirez, Anacapa Architecture Landscape architect: Ground Studio, Santa Barbara Photography: Nick Kvistad (models), Places Studio (renderings)