North Shore French
Melichar Architects designs a French-inspired house in Winnetka, IL, that balances a range of client goals.
By Will Holloway
Natural Progression
A new house in Fairfield, CT, by Peter Zimmerman Architects honors an historic site and provides for future generations.
By Annabel Hsin
Country Views
A new hilltop home by Barnes Vanze Architects captures the spectacular views and architectural heritage of Virginia's Hunt Country.
Georgian Approach
L. Barry Davidson Architects bring the English countryside to Houston, TX, with a new Georgian-style residence at Hunters Grove.
San Fran Georgian
Andrew Skurman Architects enjoys a rare opportunity to design a Neoclassical residence in San Francisco.
Scandinavia on the Panhandle
At the firm's first house at Seaside, Robert A. M. Stern Architects references Gustavian Classical, Art Deco and Jeffersonian precedents.
By Eve M. Kahn
Beachfront Palladian
Designed by de la Guardia Victoria Architects, a two-story house in the Bahamas combines local vernacular traditions with Palladian principles.
By Annabel Hsin
The Precast Cabin
A lakeside residence in eastern Idaho, designed by Buccellato Design and built with man-made timbers, blends outdoor ambience with 21st-century efficiency.
By Gordon Bock
Vintage Vernacular
A 2,000-acre former hog farm in Cornersville, TN, provides an ideal setting for a fox hunting farmstead designed by Eric Stengel Architecture.
By Nancy E. Berry
Country Club Setting
A Shingle Style house by Brian Kent Jones Architects blends seamlessly with traditional informal gardens in the central Ohio countryside.
By Annabel Hsin
Georgian Character
Mark P. Finlay Architects designs a visually modest five-bedroom, 11,000-sq.ft. Georgian- inspired residence in New Canaan, CT, with Colonial Revival additions.
By Annabel Hsin
Gothic Lineage
SGA Companies' Butterfield House apartment complex in Washington, DC, pays homage to the Gothic Revival specialist William Butterfield within the Capitol Hill historic district. By Eve M. Kahn
Setting Standards
In collaboration with Habitat for Humanity, Ariel - The Art of Building, LLC, creates an affordable 1,200-sq.ft. Greek Revival-inspired house in the Susan B. Anthony neighborhood of Rochester, NY. By Will Holloway
Vintage Style
Ferguson & Shamamian Architects designs a 4,500-sq.ft. waterfront residence on Martha's Vineyard, MA, that reflects the local Shingle Style and follows an unusual planning tradition. By Lynne Lavelle
Estate Planning
A carriage house in Lloyd Harbor, NY, by ADL III Architecture P.C. recalls the richly detailed outbuildings found on the Gold Coast estates of the Gilded Age. By Annabel Hsin
Creole Cottage
Charrette Design Group Architects of Mandeville, LA, re-creates a piece of Louisiana's architectural history with an almost 5,000-sq.ft. Creole "cottage" in Houma, LA. By Martha McDonald
Southern Retreat
Historical Concepts' design of a single-story warm-weather getaway on South Carolina's Spring Island is informed by the Low Country vernacular of the region.
Informal Federal
A farmhouse in Montgomery County, MD, designed by Neumann Lewis Buchanan Architects takes inspiration from the Federal-style farmhouses of the surrounding countryside.
The Best of Both Worlds
Historical Concepts' design of a 5,500-sq.ft. house on Spring Island, SC, combines the formal Greek Revival style with informal Low County vernacular traditions.
Production Design
The Edenville production house is one of eight floor-plan types designed by Donald Powers Architects for the Traditional Neighborhood Development of Warwick Grove in Warwick, NY.
Ad Hoc Georgian Revival
A 9,000-sq.ft. brick residence in Charlotte, NC, designed by Grenfell Architecture, PLLC, is an unusual marriage of French Norman and Georgian Revival styles.
Good As Old
John Milner Architects' design of a 6,000-sq.ft. residence along Philadelphia's Main Line draws on 19th-century French precedents and the architecture of local estates constructed at the turn of the 20th century.
Open Ended
A 2,800-sq.ft. residence in Columbia County, NY, designed by Kate Johns, AIA, balances local Greek Revival and Federal traditions with an open, contemporary plan.
Hudson Valley Stronghold
A residence overlooking the Hudson River in Cold Harbor, NY, designed by Zivkovic Connolly Architects, uses Irish Palladian precedents to create a sense of solidity and mass.
The Art of Conversation
New York, NY-based Zivkovic Associates Architects recently worked with London-based John Simpson & Partners on Horace Trumbauer’s Carhart Mansion. The new building shows that additions to historic urban fabric can successfully complement their surroundings – and gain the approval of the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. Reviewed by Steven W. Semes
American Neoclassicism
A formal limestone residence in rural northern Virginia designed by Washington, DC-based Franck Lohsen McCrery, Architects, incorporates the owner’s art collection and takes advantage of the surrounding landscape. By Martha McDonald
Model Home
A 2,500-sq.ft. cottage plan available from Beaufort, SC-based Moser Design Group was recently realized at the New Urbanist development of Habersham; its design continues the tradition of Southern vernacular architecture. By Nicole V. Gagné
East by Northwest
By drawing on European Classicism and the New England vernacular tradition, a new 10,000-sq.ft. residence by Sullivan Conard Architects of Seattle, WA, breaks from the prevailing styles of the Pacific Northwest. By Lynne Lavelle
Fluid Forms
A new five-bedroom residence in southeastern Pennsylvania designed by West Chester, PA-based Archer & Buchanan Architecture, Ltd., was inspired by English and American Arts and Crafts houses. By Hadiya Strasberg
Ranch Revival
A rural Texas ranch house designed by Michael G. Imber, Architect, of San Antonio, TX, reflects the clients’ local heritage while invoking more refined Mediterranean references. The one-story residence combines a plaster-finished main façade with Classical elements and other façades of limestone for a formal, yet rugged, exterior. By Hadiya Strasberg
In Palladio's Shadow
A traditionally styled house in Rosà, Italy, designed by Parma, Italy-based architect Andrea Pacciani, draws from Palladian precedent – albeit with reduced dimensions and a simpler language – and offers all the comforts of modern living. By Marieke Cassia Gartner
In the Swim
A 3,300-sq.ft. natatorium – or indoor swimming pool – added to a residence in Princeton, NJ, was designed by Bernardsville, NJ-based Kennedy-Grant Architecture to complement the 1920s Georgian-style main house. By Martha McDonald
Sublime Sanctuary
Ken Tate Architect combines a Federal floor plan with
Greek Revival details for a fresh take on both narratives
in Oxford, MS.
By Nancy Berry
Classical Language
A new Palladian-inspired villa designed by Peter Pennoyer Architects houses a collection of Federal furniture and Hudson River School paintings.
By Nancy A. Ruhling
Redefining the Barn
David Scott Parker Architects’ new carriage house on a Colonial Revival estate in Weston, CT, combines traditional detailing with a modern program.
By Annabel Hsin
Vermont Villa
For a new house in Windsor County, VT, Albert, Righter & Tittmann combines 19th-century German design precedents with local farmhouse traditions. By Will Holloway
England on the Potomac
O'Neill Development and a team of five firms create an English-inspired residential development in Maryland. By Nancy Ruhling
