FORBES SELECTS RES4 AS ONE OF THE TOP 200 RESIDENTIAL ARCHITECTS IN AMERICA

We’re honored to have been included in Forbe’s 2025 list of America’s Top 200 Residential Architects. The selection process took over 10 months. Evaluation criteria was strongly based on a strong commitment to regional expression, to the reinforcement of local ‘sense of place’ through design.

Richard Olsen, the Senior Architecture Editor at Forbes, wrote an article about the competition titled ‘Architecture and the American House Now’ where he discusses the importance of place in architectural design:

“In the late 1990s, influential Finnish architect Juhani Pallasmaa warned of the arrival of an ‘era of omnipresent visual images’ and of the culture’s new ‘ocular bias’: ‘Instead of an existentially grounded plastic and spatial experience, architecture has adopted the psychological strategy of advertising and instant persuasion; buildings have turned into image products detached from existential depth and sincerity…’

Today, little more than a quarter-century later, Pallasmaa’s concerns seem almost quaint. We now reside in a world of image inundation, one whose repercussions are only beginning to be acknowledged. With a growing universe of image- and video-oriented social media, in both consumer and business use, there’s not just a bias toward the visual, but a full-blown psychological dependency on it. In architecture, part and parcel of the overabundance of image sources is the deterioration of the notion that architectural solutions ought to simply be local, growing from place.’

We submitted three projects for consideration, showing a range of sensibilities and approaches to the notion of site and place, along with a firm profile showing the range and volume of RES4’s residential works. Click the links below to see our submission PDFs.

  • Firm Profile

  • Fenimore Road Renovation / Addition: A renovation / addition to a midcentury home designed by Frank Lloyd Wright disciple, architect, and landscape architect Kaneji Domoto, adapted for a modern family lifestyle.

  • Lido Beach House II: A MODERN MODULAR prefab home lifted for the floodplain and to optimize ocean views and breezes, while being deferential to the cozy beach community.

  • Millbrook Residence: A luxury modern home and pool house perched atop a hill overlooking the property’s private polo field and long valley views.

STONE RIDGE RESIDENCE - CONSTRUCTION UPDATE

The decks are now framed up. This deck will be enclosed as a screened porch. Up in the tree canopy the living spaces evoke the sense of being in a treehouse.

To see finished renderings of the project: https://www.re4a.com/in-progress#/stone-ridge-residence/

ARCHDAILY PUBLISHES FENIMORE ROAD RENOVATION & ADDITION

This project in Mamaroneck, NY is a full renovation and addition to a house originally designed by Kaneji Domoto, a disciple of Frank Lloyd Wright who was both an architecture and landscape architect.

Read article here: https://www.archdaily.com/1003623/fenimore-road-addition-and-renovation-resolution-4-architecture

See more of project here: https://www.re4a.com/featured#/fenimore-road-addition-renovation-featured/

ARCHELLO FEATURES WHALERS RESIDENCE

This MODERN MODULAR prefab includes a wraparound pool overlooking the dunes in Amagansett.

Read article here: https://archello.com/project/whalers-residence

See more of project here: https://www.re4a.com/featured#/whalers-residence-featured/

GREAT OAK RESIDENCE - CONSTRUCTION UPDATES

Photos from a recent site visit post-modular set. The living space was opened up, and the roof deck structure was being constructed.

See more of the project here: https://www.re4a.com/in-progress#/great-oak-residence/

ARCHDAILY PUBLISHES SHARON RESIDENCE

Located on a wooded site in the northwest corner of Connecticut, the Sharon Residence is a 1,892-square-foot prefabricated home with views towards the Housatonic Valley.

Read article here: https://www.archdaily.com/993883/sharon-residence-resolution-4-architecture

See more of project here: https://www.re4a.com/featured#/sharon-residence-1/

TREEHUGGER HIGHLIGHTS LIDO BEACH HOUSE II

“Twenty years ago, you could never get this kind of quality out of a modular factory; they were set up to do economical houses in the country where people couldn't find trades and wanted to save money. The modular revolution came with the realization that you could actually get higher quality and finish in the factory than you could on site. This is why they are so beautiful, and nobody does it better than Resolution 4.”

Read article here: https://www.treehugger.com/lido-beach-house-ii-modular-housing-with-style-6823724

See more of project here: https://www.re4a.com/featured#/lido-beach-house-ii-2/

RES4 INCLUDED IN HAMPTONS REAL ESTATE SHOWCASE

RES4’S MODERN MODULAR prefabs featured in Hamptons Real Estate Showcase “High-End Hamptons Home Builders are Putting the Fab in Pre-Fab”

Read Article Here: https://hamptonsrealestateshowcase.com/home-and-design/trends/high-end-hamptons-home-builders-are-putting-the-fab-in-pre-fab/

See more of Bridgehampton House project: https://www.re4a.com/featured#/bridgehampton-house-1/

See more of North Fork Bluff House Project: https://www.re4a.com/featured#/north-fork-bluff-house-3/

WSJ FEATURES RES4 MODERN MODULAR WITH LUXURY PREFABS

RES4’s MODERN MODULAR prefabs features with other luxury modular projects in the Wall Street Journal.

Read article here: https://www.wsj.com/story/modular-homes-go-super-luxe-6007e85b

See more of the Bridgehampton House project here: https://www.re4a.com/featured#/bridgehampton-house-1/

WHALERS RESIDENCE - CONSTRUCTION UPDATE

Amagansett, NY – Construction progress from our MODERN MODULAR Whalers Residence, a 2,245 SF prefab home consisting of 7 modules and a site-built garage. We look forward to seeing the pool, decks, and siding installed in upcoming site visits.

Find out more about the project here: https://www.re4a.com/in-progress#/whalers-residence/

WHALERS RESIDENCE - MODULE SET (VIDEO)

Amagansett, NY – Video from the set for the Whalers Residence.

Find out more about the project here: https://www.re4a.com/in-progress#/whalers-residence/