Record Houses

Near Guadalajara, Estudio Macías Peredo Caps Casa Primaveras with a Jagged Roofline

Tue, 09 Sep 2025 00:37:13 -0400

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.

In Toronto, a House by Williamson Williamson Harnesses Light Monitors to Illuminate its Interiors

Mon, 08 Sep 2025 01:21:15 -0400

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

September 2025 Editor’s Letter

Thu, 04 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0400

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

Jacobschang Draws Inspiration from Its Clients’ Linguistic Expertise for a House in Culver City

Thu, 04 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0400

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.

With Lantern House, Leckie Studio Creates a Cloistered Sanctuary in a Vancouver Neighborhood

Wed, 03 Sep 2025 00:12:00 -0400

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.

In Miami, Brillhart Architecture Wraps a Series of Pavilions Around a Junglelike Setting

Tue, 02 Sep 2025 00:08:00 -0400

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

Diego Baraona Realizes a Trio of Abodes for Three Siblings

Tue, 02 Sep 2025 00:06:00 -0400

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

Record Houses 2025

Tue, 02 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0400

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.

2024 Record House Winners Among This Year’s Innovation Conference Speakers and Women in Architecture Awardees

Thu, 19 Sep 2024 09:17:08 -0400

Fernanda Canales, John Patkau, and Angela Brooks Will Appear at the October 1 events, co-located at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York City.

Worrell Yeung Designs an Object in the Landscape on a Spectacular Waterfront Setting

Wed, 11 Sep 2024 00:04:04 -0400

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

Atelier Ars Blends Modernism, Classicism, and Regional Vernacular with a House in the Mountains of Central Mexico

Tue, 10 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

Anchored by a totemic stone chimney, the blush-colored Promontory Villa is densely packed with tactile details.

Brooks + Scarpa Designs a Tranquil Woodland Retreat for a Creative Couple

Mon, 09 Sep 2024 00:07:02 -0400

Set among the towering pines of North Carolina's Piedmont region, the Steeplechase House is the product of intense collaboration between architect and client.

After a Devastating Wildfire, Lorcan O’Herlihy Reimagines His 1987 Trancas House in Malibu

Fri, 06 Sep 2024 08:10:45 -0400

Using primarily concrete, the architect rebuilds on the site of a destroyed house he had designed for his parents nearly four decades earlier.

A Luminous Residence by Patkau Architects Celebrates the Found Potential of its Coastal Cascadian Setting

Thu, 05 Sep 2024 00:06:00 -0400

With its pleated, open-weave wood canopy, Arbour House takes full advantage of water views and natural light.

September 2024 Editor’s Letter

Wed, 04 Sep 2024 08:17:09 -0400

Our September issue celebrates innovation in residential design, a typology that's historically provided architects with the opportunity to experiment.

In the Hills Overlooking Silicon Valley, WOJR’s House of Horns Balances Tranquility with Unorthodoxy

Wed, 04 Sep 2024 08:16:32 -0400

The first major completed work by the 2013 Design Vanguard firm reuses a preexisting foundation and is capped by a sextet of light monitors.

Record Houses 2024 Honorees

Tue, 03 Sep 2024 00:10:00 -0400

This year’s selection of exemplary single-family residential projects embraces the unexpected at a variety of scales.

In Mexico, Fernanda Canales’s Casa 720 Plays with Circular Geometries

Tue, 03 Sep 2024 00:05:34 -0400

Using a pared-down material palette of concrete, wood, glass, and stone, the country house for a family of six is defined by its panoramic vistas.

Submit to Record Houses 2026

Thu, 01 Feb 2024 00:00:00 -0500

Submit your entry by May 22, 2026, for a chance to be featured in the September 2026 issue of the magazine.

Record Houses 2023

Mon, 03 Apr 2023 06:10:00 -0400

The 2023 edition of Record Houses features eight impressive projects that showcase varied forms, nimble responses to landscape, and feats of craft.

T.W. Ryan Architecture's Four Roof House Delivers Tough Cowboy Modernism with an Artful Edge

Mon, 03 Apr 2023 06:09:00 -0400

The San Francisco–based architect's second Record House mimics the dramatic terrain of the American Rockies with its peaked roofline.

A Barn-Inspired House by nArchitects Hugs the Trees in Upstate New York

Lentzl@bnpmedia.com (Linda C. Lentz) — Mon, 03 Apr 2023 06:08:00 -0400

A discreet second home emerges from the woods, with respect for the land around it.

HW Studio's Mies-Inspired House in the Mexican Desert Draws Lines in the Sand

jim@jamesgauer.com (James Gauer) — Mon, 03 Apr 2023 06:07:00 -0400

A minimalist house in local stone stretches out on the desert landscape.

Joeb Moore's Gabled Pavilions Offer a Modern Take on Traditional Forms

Mon, 03 Apr 2023 06:06:00 -0400

A cluster of pavilions by Joeb Moore & Partners fits unobtrusively into the idyllic scenery of Connecticut.

April 2023 Editor's Letter: The Power of Architecture

Mon, 03 Apr 2023 06:05:00 -0400

The impact of architecture is expressed in the selection of this year’s Pritzker laureate and in the most familiar of places, the home, as seen in this year’s Record Houses selection.

Marlon Blackwell's Bold Residence in Fayetteville Provides a Study in Contrast within its Traditional Context

Mon, 03 Apr 2023 06:05:00 -0400

A surprising courtyard house stands out among its suburban-like neighbors.

In the Berkshires, EASTON COMBS Makes the Most of a Site's Above-the-Treetops Vistas

Mon, 03 Apr 2023 06:04:00 -0400

A western Massachusetts house is designed around daylight, views, and the topography.

Saltmarsh House, an Intimate Pavilion by Níall McLaughlin Architects, Offers Guests Seaside Accommodation

Mon, 03 Apr 2023 06:03:00 -0400

Fuller/Overby's Lakeside House Strikes up a Conversation Between the Whole and its Parts

Mon, 03 Apr 2023 06:02:00 -0400

The young New York practice designs a nature-enmeshed dwelling with Appalachian views for one of the founder's parents.

Record Houses 2022

Fri, 01 Apr 2022 00:10:00 -0400

This selection showcases residential design that demonstrate ways of fitting into disparate contexts, utilizing local materials, and exploring differing building techniques.