2019 Detroit Home Design Awards
Judges | Details | Exteriors | Interiors | Commercial Design
Homes | Rising Star | Reader’s Choice
Gate/Fence/Wall
1st – Zaremba & Company
This Bloomfield Hills gate addition followed a renovation of the client’s classic home and property that was completed a few years earlier. The existing gate and driveway were relocated and replaced with a reclaimed granite cobblestone entry and curbed driveway, including a fully automated custom gate and brick columns. Aligning with the axis by the front door, the arrival experience features strong symmetry. The welcoming gate’s geometric designs are echoed by the driveway’s brick pattern, and contrast with the sturdy brick columns that anchor it and house the opening mechanical elements, which are concealed.
2nd – R. Youngblood & Co., with Rockworks, LLC
3rd – Michael J. Dul & Associates Inc.
Exterior Use of Stone/Tile/Concrete
1st – Nosan Signature Homes, with TR-Design Group
This Franklin home, inspired by the Frank Lloyd Wright Robie House in Chicago, features large overhangs and a shallow, sloped hip roof. The exterior has long pieces of Indiana split-faced limestone and elongated Norman brick, with horizontal raked joints and vertical flush joints to further emphasize the linear theme. The courtyard features a combination of exposed aggregate and saw-cut concrete, while the entry steps are porcelain tile.
2nd – DesRosiers Architects, with Schaerer Architextural Interiors
3rd – Youngblood & Co., with Rockworks, LLC
Judge’s Insights:
Pushing the envelope paid off for R. Youngblood & Co/Rockworks, LLC!
— Judge Kayla Cooper
1st – AZD Architects, with American Pool Service
A resort-like swimming pool is the focal point of this modern Birmingham home. The house wraps around the pool, which can be seen from every room in the home. The pool and cabana can even be seen as one approaches the front door, as the foyer has a two-story glass wall, front and back, and is only 10 feet deep. As a result, the pool is on view even from the front yard! The details are clean and minimal, and the pool is surrounded by a modern linear landscape complemented by Corten steel, a steel art sculpture, clean white concrete, and wood deck accents.
Judge’s Insights:
This pool area by AZD Architects/American Pool Service could rival a luxury hotel.
— Judge Kayla Cooper
2nd – Michael J. Dul & Associates Inc.
3rd – Anderson Custom Pools, with G5 Design
Residential Landscape Water Feature
1st – VanBrouck | Luxe Homes, with Oliver Max Interiors
This modern-organic Prairie-style home was developed as an integral whole, with the hardscape and landscape design, water feature, and exterior and interior architecture interlinked. The reflecting pool, composed of char- coal-quartzite-ledgestone and travertine-limestone coping, is integrated with the design of the cascading courtyard walls, while a filtration system keeps the water crystal-clear above the river rock bottom.
2nd – Rockworks, LLC
3rd – Young & Young Interiors Inc., with Young & Young Architects
Deck/Patio/Porch
1st – Mainstreet Design Build
In restoring this beautiful Craftsman home, its owners wanted to remain architecturally faithful to the home’s original character when it came time to design and build a gorgeous new covered porch that paid homage to the early 20th century. The remodel also included a resurfaced front porch floor, new front steps, and refurbished steps off to the side. New lighting, an added gable roof in place of a low-pitch shed roof, and roof details over the kitchen window make this porch stand out.
2nd – Michael J. Dul & Associates Inc.
3rd – VanBrouck | Luxe Homes, with Ellwood Interiors
Residential Landscape Design (Under One Acre)
1st – Zaremba & Company
This Birmingham front yard was overshadowed by a massive concrete drive that was in disrepair and didn’t provide adequate drainage. Now, a garden blends a more appropriately sized drive with a carefully appointed landscape. The result complements the aesthetic of the residence and echoes the client’s design mantra of “not trying too hard.” Rows of globe boxwood and masses of creeping thyme and sedge grass run parallel to the street while a retaining wall of Corten steel slices through the vegetation.
Designer’s Goal:
Create concrete steps (top) that appear to float atop the landscape, as they lead up to and through the wall, thanks to a cantilevered construction.
— Zaremba & Company
2nd – Michael J. Dul & Associates Inc.
3rd – Zaremba & Company
Residential Landscape Design (More than One Acre)
1st – R. Youngblood & Co., with Rockworks, LLC
Several challenges were encountered (and overcome!) on this site, due to the intense grade changes and topography. This lakeside bluff property features a custom cedar pergola and patio. By day or night, the space can be enjoyed due to the strategically designed landscape lighting. Lush ground cover and several varieties of perennials and shrubs were planted to soften the large stone walls. The homeowners can bask in beauty at night, warmed by a fire that overlooks spectacular sunsets to the west.
2nd – Michael J. Dul & Associates Inc.
3rd – Motor City Landscaping Design+Build, with G5 Designs
Exterior Use of Color
1st – Petrucci Johnson Homes, with Richard Daniels & Associates
Inspired by oceanside homes in New England, the designers chose black cedar shake for this classic, timeless look. They also kept the color palette to a minimum, in order to accent the contrast between the black-and-white trim. Because the home is on a lake, the designers added a lighter pop of color with cool-gray doors, to evoke a coastal appeal.
2nd – Exactly
Judge’s Insights:
Exactly’s home colors are unique!
— Judge Kayla Cooper
3rd – Michael J. Dul & Associates Inc.
Outdoor Kitchen
1st – Carrie Long Interiors
Nestled in the desert mountains, this kitchen is an oasis that features all the amenities required for entertaining with ease. The exterior accents of fieldstone columns tie into the cedar pergola, with its recessed exterior down-lighting, and create a bit of shade from the Arizona sun. A built-in gas grill is flanked by granite countertops on both sides. Teak cabinetry complements the oversized paver flooring and houses built-in refrigerators.
Designer’s Goal:
Turn out a cool outdoor oasis in Arizona’s desert environment.
— Carrie Long Interiors
2nd – Moceri Custom Homes
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