Resolution: 4 Architecture

Founded in 1990 by Joseph Tanney and Robert Luntz, Resolution: 4 Architecture is a firm dedicated to addressing 21st century conditions through intelligent architecture and design. The firm consciously takes on a perspective facilitating the conditions required to develop sustainable methods, strategies and solutions for the current and long-range conflicts and changes facing our dynamic communities. They seek to investigate, re-investigate, work with the palpable, illuminate the obscure and understand the composite interface of architecture, its user and its context.

Resolution: 4 Architecture’s design preoccupations have included two-dimensional and three-dimensional pattern making and ceilings as landscapes. Most recently they have undertaken The Modern Modular by Resolution: 4 Architecture, a systematic methodology of design that attempts to leverage the existing methods of prefabrication of residential construction. Their efforts seek to offer the option of “mass customization” to the single-family housing market while aesthetically transforming the sub-urban fabric of America’s domestic landscape. Resolution: 4 Architecture has become an internationally published and highly acclaimed ten-person firm completing projects in the residential, commercial and public realms.


Resolution: 4 Architecture believes in architecture's ability to resonate the human psyche, evoking both an emotional and intellectual response. Through responses to programmatic, economic, political, and social requirements, we attempt to establish, through the design process, a dialogue between the idealized and the pragmatic, between the general and the specific. The development of this discourse allows for aesthetic
choices that for us are a rigorous reinterpretation of formal architectural relationships. The analysis of the broad 'context' of each problem becomes the foundation for this process. This becomes an intentional response that connects/disconnects similar or disparate elements. It establishes the relationship between form, use, and materials and ultimately expresses an idea and the uniqueness of each client.


The National AIA Housing Award for Concepts in Innovative Housing, 2006

The Boston Society of Architects Honor Award for Design Excellence, 2006

The American Architecture Award by the Chicago Athenaeum, 2005

Dwell Home Competition, Winner 2003

Natures Theater Design Competition, 1st Place, Columbia, South Carolina, 2001

AIA Award, New York, Thunderhouse, 2000

20th Annual Interiors Awards, Best Large Office, McCann-Erickson 16th Floor, 1999

Alpha Rho Chi Gold Medal, Ohio State University, 1987

William Kinne Travelling Fellowship, Columbia University, 1986

James A. Ferindino Award, University of Florida, 1984


Some Assembly Required: Contemporary Prefabricated Houses, Vancouver Art Gallery

Yale School of Architecture, MOCA at the Pacific Design Center, Virginia Center for Architecture

Prefab: Made Modular, San Francisco AIA

Bruce Mau: Massive Change, Vancouver Art Gallery, Art Gallery of Ontario,

Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago

Northeastern University School of Architecture, Boston, MA

Brooklyn Designs, NY

Natures Theater, Columbia, South Carolina

Spreebogen, Berlin, Germany

Syracuse University Club, New York City

San Francisco, California

Atlanta, Georgia

Sprawl, Tallahassee, Florida

Hemet, California

10@10, Columbus, Ohio

Nara Convention Center, Ohio Nara, Japan


The Dwell Home: Pittsboro, NC

Fire Island House: Fire Island, NY

House By The Pond: Brentwood, TN

Martha’s Vineyard Residence: Martha’s Vineyard, MA

Camp Smull: Annapolis, MD

Retreat House: Catskills, NY

House In The Mountain: Catskills, NY

East Hampton Residence: East Hampton, NY

Eisenman/Davidson Residence: New York, NY

Loft Of Frank & Amy: New York, NY

Malin Residence: New York, NY

Ron’s Loft: New York, NY

Siskind Residence: Sands Point, NY

Lakeside Residence: Kent, NY

Bernette Textile Co.: New York, NY

Rulon-Miller Residence: Bronxville, NY

Slade Live & @Work: Grandview-On-Hudson, NY

Nature’s Theater Amphitheater at Saluda Shoals Park: Columbia, SC

Lion’s Head-Basket Ball Court On The Roof: New York, NY

McCann-Erickson: New York, NY

Equinox Fittness Club: New York, NY

Thunderhouse: New York, NY

Oliver-Wyman & Company: New York, NY

Internet Appliance Network: New York, NY


2006
Innovative Home, PreFab-ilous
Architectural Record, AIA Housing Committee Award: Innovation in Housing Design
Kiplingers, Fabulous Prefabs
Up State New York House, Modern Prefab
Blueprint Directory, Out of the Box
HGTV, I Want that Kitchen
New York Times Magazine, The Real Estate Issue
East Hampton, You Say Prefab, but They Say Prefabulous
The Capital, Home is a Dream Fulfilled
CNNMoney.com, Putting the Fab in Prefab
Crains New York Business, Creating Art-healthy Space in Queens
New York Post, Pretty Fabulous
Harpers Collins Publishers, Fun Rooms
New York Times, A Modern Look at Prefab Housing
Metropolitan Home, Panora’s Box
Contemporary Residential Architecture & Design, New York Moody Residence
www.archinect.com, Archinect Best of 2005

2005
Wired Magazine, The Coolest Rooms on the Planet
Wired Magazine, Some Assembly Required
Star Tribune, Prefab Housing Finds a Home in Walker Exhibit
BuisnesssWeek, Prefab Meets Style
Contemporary Home Design
Bank of America’s Magazine, The Private Bank
AZURE Magazine, AZURE
LLC Publishing House, 100% Office
Harper Design International, Affordable Home Design
W.W. Norton & Company Ltd., Marketing for Architects & Designers
House & Garden, Sources - Prefabricated Homes   
Chicago Reader, Pod Sweet Pod
NOX, Lofts
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Pre-Fab Homes with Modern Design Twist Grow in Popularity
San Bernardino County Sun, Prefab Homes for the Masses en Vogue
Ventura County Star, Prefab Homes with Modern Design Twist Grow in Popularity
South Bend Tribune, Prefabs with a New Twist
The Pueblo Chieftain, Modern Prefab Homes Grow in Popularity
North County Times, Pre-fab homes with modern design twist grow in popularity
The Lansing State, Modular Meets Modern: Prefab Housing Feeds Hunger for Sleek Design
Chicago Tribune, Modern Designs Find Their Way Into Prefab Homes
The Denver Post, Rescuing The Rep of “Prefab
Metro – New York Edition, Prefab Houses Move Beyond Mobile Homes
The Tucson Citizen, Modular Meets Modern
Newsday, From Prefab to Pretty Fabulous
Washington Post, The Prefab Future, Practically Here
Rockport, Color: Architecture In Detail
Rockport, Spaces: Architecture In Detail
City Magazine, Ink Pad
DWR Design Notes, Blink and Get It
Loft Publications, The House
The Providence Sunday Journal, Prefab Homes Vie for Mainstream Acceptance
Tasarim Magazine, Lofts
The Martha’s Vineyard Times, Bound for North Road
Builder Magazine, Modular Modernism
Homes of the Hamptons, Making It Modular
Residential Architect, New Visions of Home

2004
Chicago Tribune, Stretching the Limits
Homes of the Hampton, A Comeback for Modernist Architecture
The Wall Street Journal, Modernist, Modular but Not Yet Mass Produced
Dwell Magazine, Modules on the Move
Dwell Magazine, Dwell Home in Full Effect
Dwell Magazine, Prefab: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell?
Dwell Magazine, Prefab, Proven
Dwell Magazine, Reasons to Celebrate
Dwell Magazine, Shipping Out and Shaping Up
Dwell Magazine, The Dwell Home Update
Dwell Magazine, Winning Windows
Los Angeles Times, Prefab Becomes Ab Fab
Eightpointfive Magazine, Modern Prefabricated Homes
Interior Design, Freshly Hatched
Residential Architect, The Name Game
Acura Style, Dream Homes on Demand
Rockport, Lofts
Harper Design International, New York Minimalism
The Boston Globe, Fab Prefab
The Washington Times, House On A Shelf
The National Post, Absolutely Prefab
Harper Design International, Prefab Modern
Macleans Magazine, Prefab Fabulous
The San Diego Union-Tribune, Home-Design Gathering Features Creative Friction
The Wall Street Journal, Upwardly Mobile Homes
Blufinch Press, It’s Your Bed And Bath
Time Magazine, They’re All Absolutely Prefabulous
The New York Times,  Modern Kit Houses: Thinking Inside the Box
Centras, Greito Kepimo Architecktura
Crittenden’s Manufactured Housing Community Report, Manufacturers for Modernist Modulars Hard to Find
Crittenden’s Manufactured Housing Community Report, New Modular Builder Focuses on Affordable Housing
The Chapel Hill News, To Put Up A Dwelling
Rockport Publishers, Loft Design: Solutions For Creating A Livable Space
 Raleigh/Durham News & Observer, Modern Meets Modular in Chatham
New York Post, It’s a Fab, Fab World
The Architect’s Newspaper, Unpacking Prefab

2003
The Wall Street Journal, The Very Model of a Modern Modular House
Dwell Magazine, The Dwell Home
Dwell Magazine, Developing an Idea
www.typeapostive.com, Best of Architecture: Resolution 4 Architecture
Interior Design, BklynDesigns
Architecture Magazine, On the Boards
Wallpaper, Architecture News: 3. Modern Modular
Loft Publications, Lofts: Designer & Design
The Plan, Custom Prefabricated Modular Homes
New York Newsday, Prefab-ulous: A cadre of high-style architects bring designerly ambitions to the mid-priced, kit-built house.
The Chicago Daily Herald, Prefab homes go stylish, become popular
PR Newswire, Dwell Announces Winning Design for the First Dwell Home
DWR Design Notes, ICFF: Form Does Not Always Equal Function
Feierabend, Lofts
Architectural Record, Prefabrication, the Speculative Builder’s Tool, Has Been Discovered by Modernist Designers
Books Factory, Lofts & Apartments
The New York Times, Again, Architecture Discovers Prefab
Casa D, Loft in Hell’s Kitchen, NY
Reveries Magazine, Pre-Fab Four
CNN/Money, Prefab Chic
The Associated Press, Your Home: Dream House
The Times, Modern Marvel
Newsweek, The McMansion Next Door
The Toronto Star, Modular Home Takes Top Prize
Laurence King, The 21st Century Office
Universe, Studios and Lofts
Rockport, Materials: Architecture In Detail
Univision Online, Modernas, Portátiles Y Funcionales
San Francisco Chronicle, Magazine gives architects something to Dwell on
San Francisco Chronicle, Designs for Living, Prefab House Contest
DeIngenieur, Prefab Landhuis
Raleigh/Durham News & Observer, Upwardly Mobile Home has Architect’s Touch
Harper Design International, Smart Loft