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Built from concrete and timber, this bayside suburban home in Dublin was conceived as a refuge from the storm—a cozy shelter where its residents can hunker down in comfort and security.

Raised 23 feet on steel piers and clad in weathering steel, this resilient Gulf Coast dwelling serves as the primary home of a young family.

To reach this idyllic retreat in the heart of of Ontario’s ‘cottage country’ on Lake Joseph, residents and guests pass through a crescent-shaped canyon carved out of solid rock.

Designed by local architect Jose Fernández-Llebrez, this understated multifamily home contains three apartments on four floors for a couple and the families of their two adult children.

Constructed over a period of four years, the property includes a pair of wood-clad cottages and two outbuildings, with material inspiration coming from the pages of RECORD.

To close out a month of our latest Record Houses, we revisit an honored residence from the April 2003 issue designed by inaugural Architect of RECORD Awardee Thomas Phifer.

The project, located in Quebec City’s leafy Montcalm neighborhood, stays true to Lapierre's ethos of celebrating the ordinary—with extraordinary results.

Seeking to avoid a gut renovation, the 2009 Design Vanguard preserves period touches while updating a stately 1892 structure under a breakneck timeframe.

In this evocative May 1945 essay, author Joseph Hudnut, the founding dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Design, is believed to use ‘Post-Modern’ for the first time in an architectural context.

The Bates + Masi partner designed the shingle-clad second home as a place to get away from the seasonal gridlock of Long Island's East End.