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
1995 Grand & Regional Award: Tulsa Spec Home
Initially designed and built for the 1995 Parade of Homes in Tulsa, Oklahoma, this 4082-square-foot...
2014 Community of the Year: The Village of Providence
This large-scale, pedestrian-oriented, traditional neighborhood development in Huntsville, Alabama provides the timeless charm of southern...
2013 Room of the Year: Lake Tibet
The objective of this remodel in Orlando was to open the kitchen to the home’s...
2007 BALA Trends
2017 Community of the Year: Malden Station
On the site of a former citrus packing house from Orange County’s agricultural era, this...
2019 Home of the Year: Vail
Photography by Bitterman Photography Architect/Designer | Brandon ArchitectsBuilder | Meadow Mountain Homes Landscape Architect/Designer | Fieldscape Inc. Interior...
2015 Remodel of the Year: Pine Creek Place
The design-build team created spaces fulfilling the family’s need for a larger home, with emphasis...
2021 Production Home of the Year: Avenue of Oaks
Charleston, South Carolina Architect/Designer | Danielian Associates Architects + Planners Builder | Crescent Homes KEEN EYE MARKETING | FRANZI...