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
2008 Home of the Year: Palmetto Bluff Retreat
This 4,691 square foot Lowcountry home design in Bluffton South Carolina, “Palmetto Bluff Retreat”, earned...
1997 Home of the Year
Architect Gary Cline designed this 4000 square foot two-story French country house in Cary, North...
BALA Celebrates Inductees Christopher Homes, Dahlin Group & Dersin
Christopher Homes, Class of 2008 Founded in 1981 Christopher Homes is recognized both locally and...
2018 COMMUNITY OF THE YEAR | Bayside
Selbyville, Del. From the Judges | This community is simply lovely and very well integrated...
NAHB BALA Hall of Fame
Designers. Builders. Founders. The Best in American Living Awards (BALA) Hall of Fame program was...
The Eclectic and Bold 1980s Design
The 1980’s was a decade of bold self-expression, and with influences ranging from punk rock...