Award-Winning Projects

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Awards

Nominations Open for 2024 Ivory Prize

Ivory Innovations is now accepting nominations for its 2024 Ivory Prize for Housing Affordability

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Awards

Deadline Extended for NAHB Industry Award Applications

The deadline for the Best in American Living Awards and the Multifamily Pillars of the Industry Awards applications has been extended to Sept.11

The Bungalows along the Kiawah River in South Carolina won a 2022 BALA platinum award

Design

Developer Test Drives New Concept: Turnkey, Luxury One-Bedroom Bungalows

Designing and building the award-winning Bungalows—508-square-foot, one-bedroom luxury homes—was a risk The Beach Company opted to take … and it paid off

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Design Best Practices

American Institute of Architects Recognizes Innovative Design in Its 2023 Housing Awards

The 2023 award winners showcase innovative, impactful design solutions in eight housing categories

BALA Best in American Living Awards

Luxury Meets Legacy in a Family-Oriented Lakeside Custom Home

This project from the 2022 Best in American Living Awards is inspired by its legacy and location and creates a new foundation for future generations to call home

Lakeside view of the Wayzata Bay custom home project from the 2023 Best in American Living Awards

National Housing Quality Award

2023 National Housing Quality Award Winners: A Commitment to Excellence

The 2023 National Housing Quality Award recognizes two exceptional home builders for their continued quest for operational mastery

Southern Homes NHQA 2023 Application Committee

Award-Winning Projects

Marketing Best Practices for an Award Winning Home

Thinking of entering a project into next year’s Best in American Living Awards? Follow these tips from Housing Design Matters to market an award-winning home

Design

Home Design Details That Add Distinction

Drawn from winners of the 2020 Best in American Living Awards, these design details can inspire home builders with fresh new ways to differentiate their homes in a competitive market

Clerestory windows with a fireplace in the home's great room

BALA Best in American Living Awards

Best of BALA 2020

Projects entered in NAHB’s annual Best in American Living Awards serve as bellwethers for today’s (and tomorrow’s) housing design

Affordable housing design at the Carson Arts Colony project, a 2020 BALA winner in Los Angeles

Award-Winning Projects

2020 Aurora Awards Winners: Multifamily, and Project of the Year

A selection of this year's winners in the Aurora Awards' highly competitive Multifamily category, including the Project of the Year

Kirkpatrick Park street view of townhomes, Nashville

Award-Winning Projects

2020 Aurora Award Winners: Single-Family Detached and K+B

A selection of this year's winners in the Aurora Awards' Single-Family Detached category, including kitchens and baths

Nyumbani, in Orlando, Florida, wins Kitchen/Custom Spec Home Aurora Award

Award-Winning Projects

Homes LEEDing the Way to Sustainability and Resiliency

Winners of the U.S. Green Building Council's 2020 LEED Homes Awards for single-family residential projects

Drone view of Green Phoenix Development's renovation of a century-old New England farmhouse that is certified LEED Platinum

Award-Winning Projects

Design Winners: Best of BALA 2019

These 11 projects from the Best in American Living Awards are a road map to design details that resonate with today’s homebuyers

Half Inch of Water Studios' BALA winning project: Surf Betty

Award-Winning Projects

2019 Honorable Mention Award Winners

Four projects—from custom homes to multifamily projects—win Honorable Mention awards in the 2019 Professional Builder Design Awards

2019 Professional Builder Design Awards Honorable Mention Custom Home Florida ocean view

Nominations Open for 2024 Ivory Prize

Deadline Extended for NAHB Industry Award Applications

Developer Test Drives New Concept: Turnkey, Luxury One-Bedroom Bungalows

American Institute of Architects Recognizes Innovative Design in Its 2023 Housing Awards

Home Builders Institute's Schools to Skills Grant Application Open Through December

As Mortgage Rates Rise, Buyers Lose Purchasing Power

Renters Are Choosing Single-Family Homes for These Features