CITATION ─ Residential Architecture Project: Trees on the Roof Location: Chevy Chase, Maryland Architect: Meditch Murphey Architects Owner/Developer: Withheld Contractor: Design Build, Inc. Photographer: Michael Moran

HONOR AWARD ─ Residential Architecture Project: bm Modular One Location: Bethesda, Maryland Architect: Robert M. Gurney, FAIA, Architect Owner/Developer: Withheld Contractor: Sandy Spring Builders Photographer: Maxwell MacKenzie

HONOR AWARD ─ Residential Architecture Project: bm Modular One Location: Bethesda, Maryland Architect: Robert M. Gurney, FAIA, Architect Owner/Developer: Withheld Contractor: Sandy Spring Builders Photographer: Maxwell MacKenzie

Painting and art studio interior with clerestory windows with mezzanine storage above. Photo by Clark Dugger
Inspiration for a small contemporary freestanding desk brown floor home studio remodel in Los Angeles with white walls

CITATION ─ Residential Architecture Project: Trees on the Roof Location: Chevy Chase, Maryland Architect: Meditch Murphey Architects Owner/Developer: Withheld Contractor: Design Build, Inc. Photographer: Michael Moran

MERIT AWARD ─ Residential Architecture Project: Chalon Road House Location: Bethesda, Maryland Architect: Dynerman Architects PC Owner/Developer: Withheld Contractor: Horizon Builders Inc. / George Fritz Photographer: Paul Warchol Photography

HONOR AWARD ─ Residential Architecture Project: bm Modular One Location: Bethesda, Maryland Architect: Robert M. Gurney, FAIA, Architect Owner/Developer: Withheld Contractor: Sandy Spring Builders Photographer: Maxwell MacKenzie

CITATION ─ Residential Architecture Project: Trees on the Roof Location: Chevy Chase, Maryland Architect: Meditch Murphey Architects Owner/Developer: Withheld Contractor: Design Build, Inc. Photographer: Michael Moran

CITATION ─ Interior Architecture Project: Master Suite Renovation Location: Baltimore, Maryland Architect: Rohrer Studio Owner/Developer: Withheld Contractor: Royal Renovations Photographer: Thomas Arledge

MERIT AWARD ─ Residential Architecture Project: Chalon Road House Location: Bethesda, Maryland Architect: Dynerman Architects PC Owner/Developer: Withheld Contractor: Horizon Builders Inc. / George Fritz Photographer: Paul Warchol Photography

CITATION ─ Residential Architecture Project: Trees on the Roof Location: Chevy Chase, Maryland Architect: Meditch Murphey Architects Owner/Developer: Withheld Contractor: Design Build, Inc. Photographer: Michael Moran

CITATION ─ Interior Architecture Project: Master Suite Renovation Location: Baltimore, Maryland Architect: Rohrer Studio Owner/Developer: Withheld Contractor: Royal Renovations Photographer: Thomas Arledge

DESIGN + INNOVATION: Award of Excellence PROJECT: The Prairie House CLIENT: Name Withheld ARCHITECTURE FIRM: Fisher ARCHitecture PHOTOGRAPHER: Fisher ARCHitecture DESCRIPTION: Designed to relate directly to its location, the Prairie House recontextualizes Midwestern building motifs from the 1950s and ’60s, simultaneously old fashioned and tough yet ambiguously futuristic. Interior spaces are nestled in the ground, with earth sheltered construction protecting from high winds and variable temperatures that characterize this part of the country; rooms have a direct relationship with one of three partially enclosed courtyards that are carved from the solid mass of earth. JURY COMMENTS: The interesting aspect of this project is the self-imposed exploration of contextualizing a Midwest site where there are only roads and cornfields. The iconographic images remind us of Venturi’s Learning from Las Vegas, from the large-scale billboard and letters to the symbolic buffalo on the renderings. The design gestures all seem responsive to its site both in terms of its cultural heritage and to its environmental realities.

HONOR AWARD ─ Residential Architecture Project: bm Modular One Location: Bethesda, Maryland Architect: Robert M. Gurney, FAIA, Architect Owner/Developer: Withheld Contractor: Sandy Spring Builders Photographer: Maxwell MacKenzie

CITATION ─ Interior Architecture Project: Master Suite Renovation Location: Baltimore, Maryland Architect: Rohrer Studio Owner/Developer: Withheld Contractor: Royal Renovations Photographer: Thomas Arledge

A West Village bachelor pad inspired by classic mid-century modern designs, mixed with some industrial, traveled, and street style influences. The space was a pre-war one bedroom that had certainly withheld the test of time, and we wanted to highlight the architectural elements that the space offered (such as the molding details, windows etc.). Our client took inspiration from both this travels as well as his city (NY!), and we really wanted to incorporate that into the design. In the foyer we turned a photo that we had taken of a nearby graffiti wall into a removable wallpaper, that we inset into the picture frame style moldings. Photos by Matthew Williams

Cost : Withheld at Owner’s Request 6880 Square Feet New and Renovated The renovation of an extensive linear residence and site facing Port Orchard waterway embraces water, greenspace and forested hillside. The home, completed this fall, serves as an artist’s studio, galleries, family space, game room, outdoor living areas and peaceful retreat. New interiors and exterior spaces and finishes, cabinetry, lighting, paving, landscape and courtyards become settings for the owner’s art + collections, three-generations of family and the wonderful colors and textures of the land + water. Inside, a monumental central stair and tapered two-story tall red cedar and steel column was designed as the residence’s entry focal point and internal landmarks, guiding the visitor’s eye to the main atrium…. and upward. Heavy wide-flange steel moment frames support the house and enable whole walls of glass. Rough, mill-finished steel contrasts refined cabinetry, stone, wood structure and defining dropped ceilings, reflecting the opener’s love of the tension between highly polished and detailed + rough, found art. Outside, A new southern “dining room” was designed for warm summer evening gatherings under a heavy-timber trellis. The focus, opposite water and island views, is a metal perforated screen. The final screen is composed of the lyrics from a Joe Cocker song of great meaning to the owners, cut from ½” marine bronze, set into dark-fired brick. “Oh My Darling, Be Home Soon….” Natural daylight and high-efficiency lighting are central players as in any gallery. From a high clerestory and extensive southern and eastern window-walls to carefully selected up-lighting, pendants, and accent fixtures, Rhodes Architecture + Light worked closely with the owner to ensure that their dark existing house would become one filled with light…. night and day. The owners, Ken and Jane, allowed us to interview them about their experience working with Rhodes Architecture + Light, and how they are feeling about living with the architecture today. What was your experience like, working with Rhodes Architecture + Light? “They worked with us because it was a remodel, an existing thing, and we had to try to make it work for all of our interests and how our family operated. They listened, and we listened, and it was a great communication back and forth.”–Jane How has the renovation changed the way you live and enjoy your home? “I remember saying to them that I want the whole floor heated because it gets so chilly down here. And we had the wood burning stove, but it was over there and now we just turn the floor heat on and we can come down. It’s cozy and nice. So we’re looking forward to winter now.”–Ken “We have 5 kids together and now a bunch of grandchildren. I wanted a marble countertop, but there’s just no way. I didn’t want it to be a place where I had to say, ‘No, no, no. Wipe up your drink, do this, do that.’ I wanted it to be a place where everybody can come with all the kids, and we make a big mess, and I can clean it up. And we can enjoy ourselves here, because that room upstairs, we almost never went in. And now we’re in there eating pizza and watching the game.” –Jane As an artist, Jane enjoyed the collaborative process. “I can’t believe it was as positive as it was. I went into it thinking it would be a great, creative, fun, collaborative thing, and I have to say, with our architects, it was. I like that creative process. I always say when I am doing a painting, it’s a series of problem solving so it wasn’t unusual for me. I am completely blown away by them and had fun with that part of it.” –Jane Architect: Tim James Rhodes RA AIA, Rhodes Architecture + Light Builder: Fairbank Construction Company Structural: Swensen Say Faget

CITATION ─ Interior Architecture Project: Master Suite Renovation Location: Baltimore, Maryland Architect: Rohrer Studio Owner/Developer: Withheld Contractor: Royal Renovations Photographer: Thomas Arledge

Photos by Jeff Fountain
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