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 Taylor Morrison, The Green Company & Jillian Pritchard Cooke
Taylor Morrison, Class of 2008 More than 200 years of combined experience and tradition are...
1995 Home of the Year: 4,070-Square-Foot Custom Build
Judges found a beautiful marriage between the outside and the inside materials. By using the...
2018 Room of the Year: Colorado Custom: Modern Classic
From the Judges | This is a big change that managed to stay within the...
2017 Home of the Year: The Augusta
Located in beautiful Texas Hill Country, the 3,600 square-foot Augusta was built as a “central...
2020 Remodel of the Year: Glass House
In an area where land value heavily outweighs appreciation of the past, this post-and-beam mid-century...
2020 Home of the Year: The Crusader
With a mandate from the soon-to-be-retired builder to create a modernist piece of architecture as...
1995 Judges Special Recognition Award: Chelsea Modular
Chelsea Modular Homes of Marlboro, New York has introduced housing modules providing flexibility in interior...
2006 Platinum: Best Attached Home 20 Units per Acre and Over: Printer’s Row
This building features 84 single- and multi-level units in downtown St. Paul, MN. This project...