Record Houses

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Planning for the five-bedroom dwelling began with mapping out a perimeter around the root system of a sprawling rubber tree, adored by the clients, on the site.

Daylight is smartly scooped and funneled into this modest—and aptly monikered—bluffside residence.

RECORD’s annual appraisal of houses looks at residences with a smaller scale but equally big impact.

Featuring indoor and outdoor spaces that flow into each other and clad in charred timber, Translators’ House was designed for husband-wife scholars of Japanese and their children.

The two-story house disregards the formal and compositional conventions of its context, while elevating locally common materials—stucco, regional cedar, and board-formed concrete—to give it a strong sense of fit.

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

The Chilean architect caps each of the dwellings with fiberglass shells, creating a series of contemplative spaces that serve different functions for each family.

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.

The steel-glass-and-cedar Frame House’s gridded facade alternates opacity and transparency to offer street-facing privacy and breathtaking bay views.