2015 Builder’s Choice & Custom Home Design Awards

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Custom houses are all about the details, big and small. Our jury—which included Jeffrey Day of Omaha, Neb.– and San Francisco–based Min|Day; Drew Lang of New York–based Lang Architecture; and Ray Varela of San Diego–based Carrier Johnson—responded most to the projects that took a thoughtful approach to those details. The winners of this year’s Builder’s Choice & Custom Home Design Awards, featured on the following pages, get them all right. Whether it’s using custom milled siding to minimize visible hardware on a hillside site in Austin, Texas, navigating difficult view lines in a retreat on Penobscot Bay, Maine, or filtering daylight to brighten a formerly dark interior in a renovation in San Francisco, the architects and builders represented here share a commitment to craft that is worth celebrating. It’s what makes these projects not only simple exercises in design, but also perfectly tailored homes for their clients.

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Katie Gerfen

Katie Gerfen is the former editor-in-chief of ARCHITECT, as well as the former editor of Custom Home.

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Edward Keegan

ARCHITECT contributing editor Edward Keegan, AIA, is a Chicago architect who practices, writes, broadcasts, and teaches on architectural subjects.

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Leah Ghazarian

Leah Ghazarian is a former senior associate editor.

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