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Tucked away in a historic enclave, Morningside Residence balances climatic demands with an approach influenced by Sarasota Modern design principles.

While more modest in scale than past awardees, this year’s six Record Houses—all of them primary residences—make their own big, bold moves that help to set them apart.

Set into a hillside, Rancho El Bosque comprises six largely independent dwelling modules, including a trio of two-bedroom duplexes.

Perched on a bluff overlooking Fall Creek, this shed-roofed retreat in Texas Hill Country is anchored by a generous porch rivaling the size of the interior living room.

A cramped L.A. bungalow is transformed into an airy three-bedroom primary residence featuring wood framing, concrete finishes, and generous expanses of glass.

A 1960s-era Connecticut residence with a distinctive flared roof is updated for 21st-century living through a careful gut renovation.

The Halifax duo designed the timber-framed, steel-roofed house for a young family looking to relocate to the countryside.

In western Scotland, a Victorian house’s living areas and bedrooms are remodeled while a modest contemporary expansion enlarges the kitchen in the rear.

Embedded within and hovering above the rugged landscape of the Teton range, the name of this two-story mountain retreat is borrowed from a Brazilian fruit with an orange shell, echoing the weathering steel exterior.

This modern yet historically informed Hamptons residence was designed in the style of a traditional East Coast–cottage and inspired by the New England aesthetic of gabled roofs.