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Home Features Buyers Want—and Don’t Want

If you think a gourmet kitchen is a must-have for home buyers, think again. The features that matter most to them might surprise you.

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A Designer’s Residence Inside and Out: What Makes the Cut

In his own home, a Florida-based designer strives to elevate the connection between the kitchen and home bar.

Marc Thee
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Living Skylines

From energy efficiency and cooler temperatures to cleaner air and enhanced moods, urban green roofs offer myriad benefits.

Peter Ensign
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Timber Framing

This ancient building technique lends a grounded, organic aesthetic to architectural styles ranging from rustic to contemporary.

Celeste Haase
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Creating Housing for All

A new research effort from NAHB spotlights creative state and local solutions to the affordability crisis.

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Design Better: Incorporating Nature at Home

Biophilia (meaning love of nature) focuses on humans’ innate attraction to nature and natural processes....

04.18.19
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Community of the Week

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Understanding the Interior Merchandising Process

Simply put: good interior merchandising evokes a positive feeling and helps properties sell.

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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

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