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Travis Price home on Ashboro Drive in Chevy Chase, MD. (Image: Sean Shanahan)

This early Travis Price home lies completely surrounded by parkland and was made to fit into its place with grace and efficiency. (Image: Sean Shanahan)

The large living/dining room holds more than 100 people for house concerts. The curve in the steps between dining and living areas follows the topography. (Image: Sean Shanahan)

The land itself is appealing, with a flat entrance and a pitched back yard. There's a very useful garden shed and another shed under the deck. (Image: Sean Shanahan)

The entire back wall is glass, looking out to Rock Creek Park. The passive solar design makes for low heating in summer and maximal sunlight in winter.(Image: Sean Shanahan)

This Modern Prairie Style Custom Home curates mid-century and modern interior detailing into a warm and light filled space perfect for entertaining – small or large.{ } (Image: Courtesy{ }Sagatov Design+Build){ }

An Angus MacDonald home on Franklin Park Rd. in McLean, VA.  (Image: Sean Shanahan)

Designed by Yale trained Architect Angus MacDonald and built in 1997, it is a unique home filled with light and access to the outdoors. (Image: Sean Shanahan)

It has 7800 square feet of living space, plus a wonderful “sculpture garden” atrium seen from the entrance, the Great Room, the Dining room and through the 25-foot glass walls at the front of the house. With three large stone chimneys anchoring the three main living spaces, it is a perfectly balanced design. (Image: Sean Shanahan)

Constructed with stone, cement and steel, every detail is meticulously done in the classic contemporary style. (Image: Sean Shanahan)

A Paola One Design home on Hillmead Rd in Bethesda, MD. (Image:{ }Tod Connell Photography)

The Hillmead Residence sits in a remarkable 30,000 square foot lot, perched 40-feet above street level.{ } (Image: Tod Connell Photography)

The original Tudor-style home evoked a quintessentially British charm and had a strong architectural presence featuring uniquely irregular brick, steep gabled roofs covered in slate tiles, metal windows with leaded glass, dark interiors with wood panels and exposed trussed ceilings. (Image: Tod Connell Photography)

A Travis Price home on Aberfoyle Place NW in Washington, D.C. (Image: Ken Wyner)

The home is inspired by the simple and natural virtues of the site’s trees and vistas. (Image: Ken Wyner)

There is a tremendous amount of vertical tree action behind the house. This verticality was celebrated in the design of the stairwell, which consists of four stories of translucent library enclosed by Kalwall panels and wrapped with glass shelves in the interior. (Image: Ken Wyner)

{ }This “temple” was designed not to be filled all at once, but to grow into a wealth of art, books, and photographic images: a vertical museum, an eternal yet ephemeral lamp that serves as the intellectual and familial hub of the home. (Image: Ken Wyner)

An abundance of new decks at multiple levels of the renovated house and new addition compensate for the lack of usable outdoor areas because of the steep terrain of the existing house. (Image: Ken Wyner)

A McInturff Architects home on Leeward Place in Bethesda, MD. (Image: Courtesy{ }McInturff Architects)

This little "complex" started as 4 run-down cottages from the 1920's. (Image: Courtesy McInturff Architects)

The Architect bought them in 1978 and began work that continues to this day, first combining 2 of the cottages as his own house, then converting the remaining 2 structures to his office, which is also part of this tour. Gardens and a pool connect it all on this wooded hillside site.(Image: Courtesy McInturff Architects)

Braitman Design Studio on Park Avenue in Takoma Park, MD. (Image:{ }Jackie Braitman)

This extensively remodeled “worker’s” bungalow has an eclectic mix of modern and craftsman finishes and details. (Image: Felicia Evans)

The original home was quite modest with finishes that hinted at a worker’s budget rather than a middle-class budget. (Image: Felicia Evans)

The now expanded lower level is an open plan family room with modern kitchen, living and dining all connected to a serene and private sculpture garden and koi pond. (Image: Jackie Braitman)

The true indoor-outdoor connection makes it feel like you’re living in the garden whether you’re indoors or out. (Image: Felicia Evans)

The custom fountain and sculptural elements are brought indoors with almost floor to ceiling windows and doors.{ } (Image: Roger Foley)

Modern elements include a stained concrete floor, exposed beams and columns, and modern aluminum & copper shelving.(Image: Jackie Braitman)

The entire main floor of the house is a working sculpture studio. The homeowner is an architectural and landscape designer and maintains a fully integrated practice of sculpture, architecture and design. (Image: Jackie Braitman)

A Kmac Corp Design house on N Ivanhoe Street in Arlington, VA. (Image: Courtesy{ }Kmac Corp Design)

The house is a mid-century stone and stucco home, and the owners have maintained as much of the footprint and layout as possible. (Image: Courtesy Kmac Corp Design)

They've taken great pains to locate sources for replacement stone and recreating moldings. (Image: Courtesy Kmac Corp Design)

The first floor bedroom and bathroom were actually used by the original owner/builder. (Image: Courtesy Kmac Corp Design)

A Gardner Architects home on Bradley Boulevard in Bethesda, MD. (Image: Courtesy{ }Celia Pearson)

This renovation and addition to a 1920’s era bungalow is the story of the stewardship of an existing resource from a state of aging into a “second life,” blending tradition and modernity in form and detail. (Image: Courtesy Celia Pearson)

A series of cross axes from front to rear provides a gradual transition from the cozy original living room to the light-filled and expansive garden rooms. (Image: Courtesy Celia Pearson)

Sustainable design strategies included the reuse of the house as an existing resource; use of salvaged forest products and recycled roofing; careful choices about shading, orientation, and daylighting; high-efficiency lighting and HVAC systems; and attention to indoor air and water quality. (Image: Courtesy Celia Pearson)

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