8 Insider Tips on How to Hire an Architect and Assemble the Best Team to Build Your Custom Home By Robert E. Haywood Jonathan Rivera Architecture Over many years, hundreds of architects, builders, and designers—and most importantly,
ART | ARCHITECTURE | DÉCOR By Kymberly Taylor “In Europe, there are no barriers between architecture and interior design.” – Mary Douglas Drysdale While gazing upon the formal living room of this 1920s home in Bethesda
By Elizabeth Heubeck | Photography by Steve Buchanan Tucked away at the end of a long private driveway in Annapolis, a sprawling home on the Severn has long drawn oohs and aahs, particularly for its grand exterior. The house
How a Renovation Brought an Annapolis Hotel into the 21st Century While Maintaining its 19th Century Charm BY DYLAN ROCHE EXTERIOR & INTERIOR AFTER PHOTOGRAPHY BY LAURA METZLER “New York boutique brought to the Chesapeake Bay.” That’s how Arlene
Design Collective DC Offers a Network for BIPOC Designers By Dylan Roche At first, the group that would grow to eventually become the Design Collective DC was just a casual gathering. But the designers involved—Iantha Carley, Shawna Underwood,
By Kymberly Taylor Perennial gardens have their own timing and visual tempo, with some flowers fading just as others come into bloom. Inevitably, there are bare and brown moments, necessary “pauses” in the earth’s score. Many gardeners fill these
By Emma Hlousek Architects and furniture have always been connected by forms, movements, and time periods or by an architect’s desire to build their own pieces. Their design is their voice. We offer here a historical introduction of some
BY CHRISTINE FILLAT This is a story of sandwiches. Here are some of our very favorite sandwiches we have had recently in Annapolis restaurants. What we found is that Annapolis is a great sandwich town! Every venue has
By Dylan Roche | Photography by Dana Hoff When its crisp white shingles and black trim are viewed from the street, Surfside does not look too out of the ordinary compared with other homes lining the shores of Bethany
By Jeanne Blackburn | Photography by Jennifer Hughes Architect Dale Overmyer conceived a home on the Eastern Shore that draws from the farmhouse and barn connection, transforming that architectural vernacular into an elegant modern home. It came about this