Best In American Living

Vertical and Vibrant

A group of Memphis nonprofits turned a massive abandoned building into a "vertical urban village" with apartments, as well as resources for the arts community, for education, and for health and wellness services.

Ann Marie Moriarty

Trends that Impress for 2019 and Beyond

The attendees of the NAHB Design Committee's annual Design Trends Roundtable at IBS share what's trending and where design is headed.

Alexandra Isham

Buyers Like Green, But Don’t Always Like to Pay for It

Home buyers really like a wide range of green features, but have limits on how far they’ll go to pay for them, according to the 2019 edition of NAHB’s publication “What Home Buyers Really Want”.

Paul Emrath, Ph.D.

Special Feature

Best in American Living Awards 2018 Hall of Fame Inductees

The 2018 inductees to the NAHB’s Best in American Living Awards’ Hall of Fame have brought vision, innovation, leadership, and fearless execution to their work.

Teri Slavik-Tsuyuki

Awards

The Best in American Living™ Awards (BALA) is the building industry’s premier residential design awards program. BALA spotlights the most creative and talented building industry professionals who have redefined design excellence for homes and communities nationally and internationally. Winning projects showcase what building industry professionals need to know to set their product apart and hit the right mark with today’s highly educated and discerning home buyers.

Awards open June 1

2019 Call for Entries Categories and Eligibility FAQ Judging Hall of Fame Winner Resources Photos from the 2018 Award Ceremony 2018 Awards Judges Winners Archive

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