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Where the country's best custom homes get published

Whether you lead a residential architecture practice, design interiors for high-end homes, or build custom for discerning clients, every issue documents the ideas, materials, and details worth knowing.

Custom home case studies
Architecture & design
Products & specification
Materials & envelope
Practice & business
The RD Awards

Custom home case studies

The country's most distinctive homes, documented in depth: the design decisions, the details, and the drawings behind them. See how leading residential architects and custom builders solved real siting, program, and craft problems, so you can bring sharper thinking to your next project.

Residential architecture & design

Form, materials, and the craft of the high-end custom home, covered by editors who know the difference between a good detail and a great one. Modern or traditional, the work that defines residential design today, with the context that makes it useful in your own practice.

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Products worth specifying

Windows, doors, cladding, surfaces, envelope, and the technology that earns a place in the spec. First looks at what is new, honest context on how it performs, and the product intelligence that helps you specify with confidence for clients who expect the best.

Architectural windows and building products

The business of architecture

Running a residential practice is its own discipline: fees, contracts, clients, teams, and growth. Practical coverage from principals who have built successful firms helps you protect margins, hire well, and grow your practice on purpose, not by accident.

The authority in residential design

Home of the RD Architecture Awards

Each year Residential Design convenes a jury of leading architects to honor the best Modern and Traditional custom homes in the country. The RD Architecture Awards (RDAA) set the benchmark the profession measures itself against, and they live in the pages you receive.

Juried by architects

The RDAA is judged by a rotating jury of accomplished residential architects, celebrating the best Modern and Traditional custom homes nationwide.

Audited circulation

Our reach is independently AAM-audited, so advertisers and readers alike can trust exactly who opens every issue.

All-professional readership

Residential Design goes to a qualified, all-professional audience: architects, designers, and custom builders of the distinctive home.

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Real coverage from recent issues of Residential Design. Award-winning homes, architecture and design, and the products worth specifying.

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Frequently asked questions

Is Residential Design really free? +

Yes, 100% free for qualified residential design professionals. Residential Design is an AAM-audited, all-professional publication, and the editorial stands on its own, which is exactly why the industry's leading window, door, and building-product brands choose to advertise alongside it. Your information is never sold.

Who qualifies for a free subscription? +

If you are a residential architect, an interior or residential designer, a custom-home builder, a design-build firm, or a general contractor building custom homes, you qualify. From principals and project architects to designers and custom builders, Residential Design is free for the people who design and build the distinctive home.

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Six issues per year in print or digital, including the RD Architecture Awards issue, plus our newsletters. You choose print, digital, or both. Subscriptions are free but require an annual renewal to keep your access active.

When will my first issue arrive? +

You can start reading right away. Recent issues are available the moment you subscribe, so you are never waiting to get value. As an audited publication, each request is verified, which typically takes 8 to 10 weeks. After that, every new issue arrives as it publishes, in print or digital depending on your choice.