Architect Michael Lee creates an astounding show place for art and ocean views in a home that was once two three-story apartments.
A 120-year-old home in the Boston suburbs gets a modernizing makeover to become a design award winner.
When building anew or remodeling, clients today are scrutinizing every choice.
The next decade will yield solid growth and many new opportunities in remodeling.
Two San Francisco architects find success in the design/build model.
Rehabs, retrofits, and re-dos may offer a lifeline to builders in tough times.
2008 Builder's Choice Merit Award Winner
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Boasting some of the most beautiful and well-maintained bungalows of the late 19th century is Washington's Cleveland Park neighborhood. Its residential streets are distinguished by that most significant Craftsman icon: the front porch. But that certainly wasn't the case with No. 2909.
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“Quirky Dick Van Dyke house with brick floors” is how architect Tom Shafer describes the pre-makeover state of this 7,500-square-foot ranch house built in the 1950s. Contemporary for its time, the original form made extensive use of glass, steel, wood, and brick. The clients especially loved its...
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A HOUSE NEED NOT EXUDE A contemporary aesthetic to be modern. Architect Charles Moore knows this all too well. As principal of his own Alexandria, Va., firm, Moore has renovated many down-at-the-heels houses in the Northern Virginia area and brought them into the 21st century. This time, it was his...