The editors of Architectural Record announce the 2010 Record Houses awards program. Entry is open to any architect registered in the U.S. or abroad. Projects may be single-family dwellings or multifamily housing complexes, totally new construction or renovated and adaptive reuse projects. Recognizing that current economic constraints influence residential design, the editors of Record Houses will pay particular attention to modest scale and design, and simplicity of approach.

Submission Deadline: October 30th

2009 Record Houses: Vienna Way Residence / Photo © Joe Fletcher

Villa 1
Powerhouse Company
Powerhouse Company fits a futuristic glass gem into the Dutch landscape for Villa 1.

Photo © Christian Schaulin

Vienna Way Residence
Marmol Radziner + Associates
Marmol Radziner connects California’s landscape and architecture in the Vienna Way Residence.

Photo © Joe Fletcher

House for a Photographer II
Carlos Ferrater, with Carlos Escura
Carlos Ferrater draws on Spain’s Modern and vernacular traditions for the weekend House for A Photographer II.

Photo © Alejo Bague

Dutchess County Guest House
Allied Works Architecture
Allied Works Architecture explores hierarchies of viewing in a New York Dutchess Countey Guest House.

Photo © Hélène Binet

Brick-Weave House
Studio Gang
Studio Gang transforms a former stable on a tight Chicago lot into the Brick-weave House.

Photo © Steve Hall/Hedrich Blessing

Upstate New York House
Thomas Phifer and Partners
Thomas Phifer and Partners keeps in step with nature by orchestrating a skillful series of moves atop a scenic ridge for its Upstate New York House.

Photo © Scott Frances

N House
Sou Fujimoto Architects
Sou Fujimoto subverts common notions of inside and out, public and private, solid and void in Japan for the N House.

Photo © Iwan Baan

YTL Residence
Agence Jouin Manku
Agence Jouin Manku combines the exotic and the organic in its design for Kuala Lumpur’s YTL Residence.

Photo © Roland Halbe

The seven residential projects in the Web-exclusive roundup below find novel ways to connect their inhabitants to the lay of the land. The orientation of Desert City House situates its occupants in the vast surrounding views. House in Carapicuiba, set in a deep valley plot, vertically layers work and living space. Flowerpots integrated into the black brick facade of House Ijburg will one day provide abundant green garden walls against the gray of an urban neighborhood. Pencalenick House, situated within a mountainside, appears to grow from its slope. And the Ventana Canyon House and the House in Garrison float over their sites with two of the most striking cantilevers submitted for this year’s Record Houses.

Desert City House
Marwan Al-Sayed Architects
A 7,500-square-foot residence situated on one acre of desert land.

Photo © Bill Timmerman

House Ijburg
Marc Koehler Architects
A 1,500-square-foot 3-bedroom, 2-bathroom residence.

Photo © Marcel van der Burg

House in Carapicuiba
SPBR Architects
A 3,200-square-foot residence and office.

Photo © Nelson Kon

House in Garrison
Toshiko Mori Architect
A 3,500-square-foot single family home sited on 3 acres.

Photo © Iwan Baan

Pencalenick House
Seth Stein Architects
A two-story 3,230-square-foot residence includes a double height reception and dining area, six bedrooms, three bathrooms, an office, a media room, a library,  playroom, and spa room.

Photo © Richard Davies

House on Town Line Road
Leroy Street Studio
A 6,000-square-foot residence and woodshop set on 2.5 acres on the south shore of Long Island.

Photo © Paul Warchol

Ventana Canyon House
Rick Joy Architects
A two-story 8,380-square-foot family vacation villa.

Photo © Jeff Goldberg-ESTO