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Urban Oasis

Urban Oasis

After revamping a 1920s, Spanish Revival home in Kalorama, BarnesVanze Architects designed a pool and pool house on the picturesque property. ?The clients wanted to be able to entertain,? recalls architect Stephen Vanze, who teamed with colleague...
architecture - 2024-10-19 07:31:44
Fresh Vision

Fresh Vision

After purchasing an 1890 row house on DC?s 14th Street Corridor, the owners tapped Patrick Brian Jones for a much-needed remodel. ?The place had been carved up into mini-apartments,? Jones recounts. ?There were oddly placed bathrooms and doorways....
architecture - 2024-10-19 07:31:44
Grand Entrance

Grand Entrance

Along the illustrious stretch of Pennsylvania Avenue between the U.S. Capitol and the White House, stately, classically styled buildings are the norm. Case in point: 1001 Penn, a fixture on this thoroughfare, was designed by Hartman-Cox Architects...
architecture - 2024-08-24 07:33:07
Architecture Now

Architecture Now

The most successful homes marry form and function, reflect today?s lifestyles and embrace the environment. In the following Q&A, local architects share best practices for designing your dream retreat. Discuss the importance of...
architecture - 2024-08-23 07:29:38
Living History

Living History

Dark-wood paddocks crisscross gently rolling pastureland on Fenian Farms?home to a motley assortment of farm animals rescued from perilous fates. Adding to the tableau, a 7,000-square-foot, 300-year-old barn-cum-residence perches atop a slope,...
architecture - 2024-08-21 07:32:01
Pas de Deux

Pas de Deux

As you approach the pea-gravel motor court of this home, with its painted-brick exterior and striking mansard roof, you?d be forgiven for thinking you?ve been transported to the outskirts of Paris. Twenty years ago, a couple who?d lived in the...
architecture - 2024-08-21 07:32:01
Home Court

Home Court

Architect Robert Gurney and builder Darren Kornas have seen their fair share of unusual requests, but this was a first: A client asked for a regulation-sized volleyball court in his new custom home. ?A volleyball court requires an immense amount of...
architecture - 2024-08-20 07:29:59
Georgetown Gem

Georgetown Gem

On a cinematic block in Georgetown stands one Federal row house that?s not quite like the others. Known as ?the seam house,? it?s nicknamed for the visible vertical line stitched down its brick façade showing where a newer part of the home joins one...
architecture - 2024-07-28 07:38:39
New Leaf

New Leaf

How does an architect orchestrate the renovation of a house when he becomes the client" The home of Stephen Vanze, a founding principal at BarnesVanze Architects, and his life partner Elizabeth Berardi answers the question with finesse. A...
architecture - 2024-07-25 07:30:08
Double Vision

Double Vision

A? narrow peninsula in Queenstown, Maryland, is a magical spot for admiring the Eastern Shore?s estuary environment. Homes situated on this enviable spit of land are treated to panoramic vistas of both Eastern Bay and the Wye River?a double whammy...
architecture - 2024-06-18 07:24:21
Rooms With a View

Rooms With a View

Architect Violeta Fiorino-Schwartz and her husband purchased a townhome in Baltimore?s Canton neighborhood, drawn by enviable views of sailboats streaming by in the harbor. However, interiors of the multi-level abode presented a problem: A large,...
architecture - 2024-06-13 07:31:06
Calm Oasis

Calm Oasis

From their first trip 25 years ago, Bill and Megan Goeller were smitten by the Chesapeake lifestyle. The Delaware-based couple made yearly visits for a decade?boating on the bay, fishing for stripers, enjoying the hospitality of the Inn at Perry...
architecture - 2024-06-05 07:35:09
Best in Show

Best in Show

The Mid-Atlantic chapter of the Professional Remodeling Organization (PRO) announced its 2024 PRO Remodeler of the Year Awards during a gala on February 3rd at the DoubleTree by Hilton in Gaithersburg. The awards go to remodeling and custom-building...
architecture - 2024-05-08 07:49:00
State of Grace

State of Grace

Snowy white textiles, collectible art and carefully curated antiques don?t usually mix with the patter of little feet, but in this Bethesda home the elegant setting doesn?t hinder playtime one bit. Quite the opposite: In the library, the smooth...
architecture - 2024-05-08 07:49:00
River Idyll

River Idyll

Meandering up to an agrarian property in Centreville, Maryland, a pea-gravel driveway intentionally sets an even slower pace. Visitors are meant to savor the pastoral scene along the way, as a majestic, multi-structure estate and wraparound water...
architecture - 2024-04-20 07:37:52
Reading Rainbow

Reading Rainbow

The Michael E. Busch Annapolis Library was conceived with community in mind. Named for the former Maryland House Speaker (2003-2019), the new, 32,400-square-foot building is a hub for Anne Arundel County residents of all ages and socio-economic...
architecture - 2024-02-25 06:23:44
Paris Chic

Paris Chic

It?s the eternal conundrum: What comes first?form or function" Both and neither, according to Christian Zapatka and Romain Baty, the architect and interior designer respectively behind the transformation of a modest, circa-1900 row house on Capitol...
architecture - 2024-02-22 06:23:28
Easy Living

Easy Living

Set back on a gentle rise from the street, a contemporary, stone-and-stucco residence expands the architectural legacy of a Bethesda neighborhood known for its Mid-Century Modern heritage. The welcoming, two-story newcomer suggests a California...
architecture - 2024-02-21 06:35:35
Mountain Magic

Mountain Magic

It?s often the natural order of events for empty nesters to jettison a larger family home for a smaller, more manageable roost when the kids go to college. Not so for one Charlottesville couple. ?Most people at this stage shrink their footprint,?...
architecture - 2024-01-10 06:24:38
2023 AIA Excellence in Design Awards: Chesapeake Bay

2023 AIA Excellence in Design Awards: Chesapeake Bay

RESIDENTIAL RENOVATION/ADDITION HONOR Wye River Renovation: Colleen Healey Architecture. HONOR & PRESERVATION Cloverfields: Kimmel Studio Architects. Photo: Jennifer Hughes RESIDENTIAL NEW CONSTRUCTION CITATION Salt...
architecture - 2024-01-10 06:24:38
Outside the Box

Outside the Box

Sometimes, working with a dream team means that what architect Gregory Ehrman calls the ?daydream phase? of a project actually comes true. That?s what happened on a piece of land overlooking the Magothy River near its confluence with the Chesapeake...
architecture - 2024-01-10 06:24:38
Higher Learning

Higher Learning

Amid much fanfare on October 19th, the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center debuted in the heart of DC. The 435,000-square-foot, multi-disciplinary hub houses the newly launched School of Government and Policy along with other Hopkins schools...
architecture - 2024-01-10 06:24:38
Sunset View

Sunset View

The prospect of waterfront sunsets lured a couple to purchase a 70-year-old cottage just 20 feet from Edge Creek in St. Michaels, Maryland. The dilapidated structure needed work, so they hired Amanda Friend to reimagine it as a welcoming destination...
architecture - 2024-01-10 06:24:38
2023 AIA Excellence in Design Awards: Baltimore

2023 AIA Excellence in Design Awards: Baltimore

RESIDENTIAL DESIGN WINNER 504 S Dallas: EastWing Architects. HONORABLE MENTION Tilt House: Place Architecture: Design.   FULL AWARDS LISTING: AIA BALTIMORE HONORABLE MENTION University of Maryland College Park, Yahentamitsi...
architecture - 2024-01-10 06:24:38
Fresh Approach

Fresh Approach

About 15 minutes after seeing it, a couple house-hunting in Bethesda was ready to make an offer. The 1993 abode was uninspiring from the outside?but inside, the potential was obvious. ?We loved the flow, light and tall ceiling height,? recalls one...
architecture - 2024-01-10 06:24:38
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