As an exclusive online supplement to Record Houses, we present here seven unbuilt houses. This annual feature highlights the otherwise under-observed practices of drawing, process, and representation.

Pursuing unique intentions, these projects range from the speculative to the almost-realized. Some, such as the Beach House and the Nazareth House, will be built within two years. Others, including Jellyfish, Moonstone, and the Ranch House, are studies of sustainability and form. The Distributed House and X House take on issues of program and theory.   

Collectively, these unbuilt projects demonstrate the value of drawing, irrespective of their potential for realization.  Unencumbered by construction, they affirm drawn architectural propositions as a legitimately autonomous practice—and help to reframe the discipline of architecture as a condition of possibility. - John Gendall

The Distributed House Harbour Island, the Bahamas Office for Metropolitan Architecture		X House The Berkshires, MA WW Architecture
Ranch House Washington State DORA		Moonstone House Moonstone Beach, RI WORK AC
Nazareth House Nazareth, PA Lewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis		Beach House Malibu, CA Michael Maltzan Architecture
Jellyfish House San Francisco Bay, Treasure Island, CA IwamotoScott Architecutre

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