For the past four decades, NAHB’s Best in American Living Awards (BALA) have celebrated the value and importance of good home and community design.
Over the next several months, BALA will celebrate its significant 40-year milestone by showcasing memorable trends and award-winning projects, as well as celebrating its esteemed BALA Hall of Fame inductees who helped set the stage for today’s design creativity and innovation.
Although trends and best practices in home design have evolved through the years, NAHB’s commitment to driving innovation and improving the places where we live, work and play remains steadfast. NAHB is proud to once again recognize and honor the architects, builders and designers who have become part of the BALA community and made their mark in defining excellence in residential design.
Join us on our journey into the past, and celebrate the evolution of design!
40th Anniversary
BALA Celebrates Inductees Color Design Art, Gloss & Bassert
Color Design Art, Class of 2014 Color Design Art Inc. (CDA) — the premier model...
BALA Celebrates Inductees Bassenian/Lagoni, Steinberg & Woodley
Aram Bassenian, AIA – Chairman & CEO and Carl W. Lagoni, AIA – President, Class...
BALA Celebrates Inductees Bloodgood, Eggerts & Habitat for Humanity
Jack Bloodgood, Class of 2008* Perhaps more than any other architect of the late 20th...
BALA Celebrates Inductees Danielian, Dreyfus & DeWalt
Gene C. Dreyfus, Class of 2013* Founded in 1963, The Childs Dreyfus Group (CDG) provides...
BALA Celebrates Inductees Moore, Toll & Pratt
Stephen Moore, Class of 2008 Stephen Moore has held many major positions in NAHB, including...
BALA Celebrates Inductees Capital Pacific Holdings, McCune & Kohler
Capital Pacific Holdings, Class of 2008 Hadi Makarechian is the founder, chairman of the Board,...
BALA Celebrates Inductees Richardson, Thee & Pearlman
Walter “Walt” Richardson, Class of 2013* For over four decades, RNM Architects/Planners has pioneered in...
BALA Celebrates Inductees Berkus, Sattler & Pulte
Barry Berkus, Class of 2008* Barry Berkus was a major figure in architecture for decades....