A historic plantation house is simplified and restored.
Fauquier County, Va.
A lot of effort went into the restoration of this 1959 Frank Lloyd Wright home poised above the Potomac River rapids.
A custom builder rescues a piece of Virginia's past.
This bucolic hunt-country hilltop was made for a telescoping house.
A wooded point of land on the shore of Virginia's Lake Anna presented architect Robert M. Gurney and project designer Claire L. Andreas with the perfect stage for this strikingly sculptural weekend retreat.
Architect Mark McInturff likens this gloriously simple house to a kaleidoscope, and the analogy isn't too far off.
Along with spectacular views, the site of this weekend home in New York's Catskill Mountains presented a stiff siting challenge: a precipitous slope underpinned by solid bedrock.
The simple surfaces of this outer Long Island vacation home conceal a deceptively complex structure.
The meticulous workmanship that went into this project impressed both the judging panel and the home's architect, David Jameson.
Indoor/outdoor living, a voluminous art studio, gallery space, housekeeper's quarters; in an 8,000-square-foot home, one can have it all.
The judges marveled at the stand-alone screened porch on this Potomac, Md., project.
Combining modern and traditional design ideas in one house can be a dicey proposition.
The boxy front elevation of this house outside Washington, D.C., may appear subdued.
A river is less a place than it is a sequence of events. And this house, on the banks of the James, just west of downtown Richmond, Va., takes its cues from the river.
The rolling countryside of northern Virginia's Hunt Country practically breathes Civil War history.
The owners of this rural Virginia farmhouse, parts of which date back to the 1750s, wanted what so many modern families want: larger rooms that make better sense.