The devil may be in the details, but careful attention to how materials meet and compositions come together is often what distinguishes an exceptional residential design from a merely good one. This year’s jury—San Francisco–based David Baker, FAIA, New York–based Katherine Chia, AIA, and Chicago-based R. Michael Graham—selected 18 winners across every possible residential typology. Despite the winning projects’ many differences, the thread that connects them all is this incredibly high level of, and attention to, craft.
The Judges
David Baker, FAIA, David Baker Architects
Katherine Chia, AIA, Desai Chia Architecture
R. Michael Graham, Liederbach and Graham Architects
The Winners
Casey Dunn
Custom House Less Than 3,000 Square Feet | Award
South 5th Residence, Austin, Texas
Alterstudio Architecture
Mike Sinclair
Custom House Less Than 3,000 Square Feet | Citation
Shelton Marshall Residence, Kansas City, Mo.
El Dorado
Brian W. Ferry / Geoffrey Warner
Custom House Less Than 3,000 Square Feet | Citation
Sonoma WeeHouse, Santa Rosa, Calif.
Alchemy Architects
Nic Lehoux
Custom House More Than 3,000 Square Feet | Award
The Bear Stand, Gooderham, Ontario
Bohlin Cywinski Jackson in association with Bohlin Grauman Miller
Arches
Custom House More Than 3,000 Square Feet | Citation
Valley Villa, Vilnius, Lithuania
Arches
Steve Hall/Hedrich Blessing
Custom House More Than 3,000 Square Feet | Citation
Lincoln Park Townhouse, Chicago
HBRA Architects
Peter Aaron
Custom House More Than 3,000 Square Feet | Honorable Mention
Bar House, Sag Harbor, N.Y.
Audrey Matlock Architect
Tara Wujcik
Affordable Housing | Award
The Six Affordable Veteran Housing, Los Angeles
Brooks + Scarpa
Mike Sinclair
Affordable Housing | Citation
Waldo Duplex, Kansas City, Mo.
Kansas State University Design+Make Studio
Bruce Damonte Photography
Affordable Housing | Honorable Mention
Hunters View Housing Blocks 5&6, San Francisco
Paulett Taggart Architects
Alan Tansey
Renovation | Award
Upper East Side Townhouse, New York
Michael K Chen Architecture
Dror Baldinger, AIA
Renovation | Citation
Laman Residence, San Marcos, Texas
A.Gruppo Architects
Art Gray
Renovation | Honorable Mention
Montee Karp, Pacific Palisades, Calif.
Patrick Tighe Architecture
Mike Sinclair
Multifamily Housing | Citation
3435 Main, Kansas City, Mo.
El Dorado
Matthew Segal
Multifamily Housing | Citation
Mr. Robinson, San Diego, Calif.
Jonathan Segal, FAIA
Keith Moskow FAIA + Robert Linn AIA
Outbuilding | Citation
Seven Rural Interventions, Norwich, Vt.
Moskow Linn Architects
Nick Hufton
Student Housing | Award
Victoria Hall, King’s Cross, London
Stanton Williams
Joe Fletcher
Restoration | Citation
Alamo Square Residence, San Francisco
Jensen Architects
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