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The Big Move

How do you get millennials out of rentals and into the home buying market?

Allison Paul, AIA, LEED AP, NCARB
Policy Watch

South Side Success

An Ohio urban infill project shows how housing can provide the foundation for good health and employment.

Nicholas Julian
Trends

Tight Supply

Lot shortages easy slightly, but remain a problem.

Paul Emrath, Ph.D.
Special Feature

High Design, High Performance

Three single-family builders embrace high-performance construction at the core of their business models, all in different ways, but all with great success. We talked to them about what’s working and why.

Michelle Dusseau Diller
Portfolio

The Current State of Modern Farmhouse

The iconic - yet evolving - style continues to captivate home buyers.

Susan Bady

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Special Feature

With an Increase in “Life from Home,” Could Homes Be The Post-WW2 Car?

By Teri Slavik-Tsuyuki What does the turmoil of the Coronavirus mean for new homes and...

Teri Slavik-Tsuyuki // 03.27.20
Special Feature

COVID-19: Building Industry Survey and NAHB Resources

Coronavirus Disease 2019 (aka COVID-19) is a new disease that causes respiratory illness in people...

03.26.20
Multifamily

Homes of the Week

PLATINUM | Broadstone on Fifth Fort Worth, Texas View more images in the gallery. Photography...

03.25.20
Tools & Techniques

Expanding Home Building Options: Go Modular

By Deborah Myerson For over 100 years, pre-fabricated homes— including Sears Roebuck Co. mail-order kits...

Deborah Myerson // 03.23.20
Interior Design

Specialty Rooms for the 2020 Buyer

GOLD | Perfect Pool House Narragansett, R.I. View more images in the gallery. Photography by...

03.20.20

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 BALA Photos at IBS 2020 2019 Awards Judges 2020 Call for Entries Categories and Eligibility FAQ Judging Hall of Fame Winner Resources Winners Archive

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