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Portfolio Interior Design Home Design Single-Family Trends Community Design Best Practices Sustainability & Green Building Multifamily Remodeling Special Feature Detail

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Community Design

Nexton

Nexton is a 5,000-acre, mixed-use community in the heart of Charleston’s growth corridor. At inception,...

01.06.23
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Interior Design

Schroeder Powder Room

The powder room is a great place to incorporate textures and natural elements, while maintaining...

01.05.23
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Multifamily

Multifamily Spotlight: Academy 65

The objective was to squeeze an off-campus student housing community onto a tight infill parcel,...

01.04.23
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Single-Family

Home of the Week: Maybe Something New

The goal of the homeowner was to create a home that would honor the past...

12.15.22
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Interior Design

Modern Mountain Top

This home is set at the top of the California hills, with expansive mountain views....

12.14.22
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Affordability

555 E Street, SW

555 E Street is a 12-story building with 194 apartment homes. DC’s only mixed-income, mixed-age...

12.13.22
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Single-Family

Home of the Week: Ann Arbor Infill

The 4,000-sf home is built on an infill lot with a reverse slope. This condition...

12.08.22
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Interior Design

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Interior Design

Schroeder Powder Room

The powder room is a great place to incorporate textures and natural elements, while maintaining...

01.05.23
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Interior Design

Modern Mountain Top

This home is set at the top of the California hills, with expansive mountain views....

12.14.22
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Interior Design

The Model Home

The Model Home at The Village at Seven Desert Mountain is 10,000 sf of a...

11.10.22
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Interior Design

Interior Design Spotlight: Morrison Lake Cottage

This cottage is truly a little gem. A neutral color palette and warm accents give...

10.11.22
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Interior Design

Interior Design Spotlight: Ebony and Ivory – Indoor/Outdoor Bar

The owners’ love for food and wine and generous hospitality directed the design details of...

09.30.22
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Interior Design

Florida Modern Home

The owners’ suite sitting area opens via large sliding glass doors to an outdoor TV...

09.22.22
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Interior Design

Interior Design Spotlight: The Model Home

The Model Home at The Village at Seven Desert Mountain is 10,000 sf of a...

08.22.22
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Home Design

BALA Ceremony Coming Soon! Purchase Your Tickets Now! 

The Best in American Living Awards ceremony is almost here.  If you haven’t already done...

01.24.23

Don’t Miss the Best in American Living Awards Ceremony! 

The International Builders Show is right around the corner and comes with plenty of design-related...

01.19.23

Congratulations to the 2022 Inductees to NAHB’s Best in American Living™ Hall of Fame  

Each year, a panel of NAHB designer and builder members meets to discuss the nominees...

12.21.22

Congratulations to the winners of NAHB’s 2022 Best in American Living Awards™ 

The applicants of the 2022 Best in American Living Awards™ (BALA) who submitted award winning...

12.19.22

New Single-Family Home Size Trending Lower

By Robert Dietz An expected impact of the virus crisis was a need for more...

12.01.22

BALA Awards: Only 2 Days Left!

The entry portal to apply for the Best in American Living Awards of 2022 is...

09.07.22

BALA Awards: 2-week Extension!

You just got lucky! The Best in American Living Awards application deadline has just been...

08.26.22
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Single-Family

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Single-Family

Home of the Week: Maybe Something New

The goal of the homeowner was to create a home that would honor the past...

12.15.22
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Single-Family

Home of the Week: Ann Arbor Infill

The 4,000-sf home is built on an infill lot with a reverse slope. This condition...

12.08.22
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Single-Family

Home of the Week: Hilltop Farm

This modern Scandinavian-inspired home is clad in a custom-stained western red cedar siding that contrasts...

11.29.22
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Single-Family

Home of the Week: Modern Waterway

The client wanted a home for informal entertainment both indoors and out, centered around enjoying...

11.16.22
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Single-Family

Home of the Week: Vath

This single-story residence is unique in that it is the only double wide lot in...

11.08.22
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Single-Family

Home of the Week: Shakespeare House

This beautiful home is a world into itself. The small Chicago lot (only 2,400 sf)...

11.02.22
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Single-Family

Quarry Springs

Carved out of a former rock quarry in the heart of Washington, DC’s hottest suburb,...

10.24.22
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Trends

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Upgrade Ideas for Terraces & Rooftops

Summertime is here and it is a great time to enjoy outdoor living. Not having...

08.08.22
Trends

BALA Awards – Get Ready: Application Checklist

Recheck your documents to make sure you have all that is needed for an award-winning...

07.06.22
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Interior Design

Popular Interior Design Trends: Japandi Style

The Japandi style emerged in 2021 and has been gaining traction among leading interior design...

06.30.22
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BALA Awards – Get Ready: Take Pictures

Photography is an important element of the Best in American Living Awards – it lets...

06.29.22
Trends

BALA Awards – Get Ready: Project Selection

Surely, you have done something unique and award-worthy over the past two plus years. To...

06.15.22
Trends

BALA Awards – Get Ready: Category Overview

NAHB’s Best in American Living Awards (BALA) celebrate residential design excellence across a range of...

06.08.22
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BALA Awards – Get Ready: Application/Judging Overview

NAHB’s Best in American Living Award (BALA) submission process is entirely online. Applicants are required...

06.01.22
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Community Design

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Community Design

Nexton

Nexton is a 5,000-acre, mixed-use community in the heart of Charleston’s growth corridor. At inception,...

01.06.23
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Community Design

Atlas Urban Homes

Located a half-mile from a light rail station, the site sits in the middle of...

12.07.22
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Community Design

The Latch Southampton Village

Nestled behind a row of hedges within the coveted Southampton Village, The Latch merges expansive...

11.22.22
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Community Design

Nexton

Nexton, a 5,000-acre master-planned community in the heart of Charleston’s growth corridor, has emerged as...

11.07.22
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Community Design

Woodberry Cottages Phase 1

In the summer of 2020, the Traditional Neighborhood Development of Provenance debuted the design of...

10.17.22
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Community Design

Trilith

The Town at Trilith is a 235-acre master-planned residential and mixed-use project in south metro...

10.07.22
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Community Design

Park and Paseo

A once-obsolete industrial site now embodies a unique luxury resort lifestyle. Located at the gateway...

09.29.22
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Best Practices

Best Practices
Sustainability & Green Building

Is Mass Timber the Future for Multifamily?

Mass Timber is gaining lots of attention lately. Many builders and designers are adopting the...

07.28.22
Trends

Thankful for *new* Design Education – and it’s free!

A new NAHB offering, fifteen minute Design Bites pack a punch in content, without bogging...

11.26.20
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Interior Design

The Power of the Powder Room

By Sue Ridgway When talking about small rooms and otherwise forgotten rooms in a model,...

Sue Ridgeway // 11.24.20
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Interior Design

Lighting Design and Mood

By Sue Ridgeway There are a multitude of ways to elicit a mood of belonging...

11.19.20
Best Practices
Interior Design

5 Tips to Create the Ideal Entertaining Space at Home

Designing to inspire dreams or visions of “how we would live here” in prospective home...

Sue Ridgeway // 07.16.20
Best Practices
Interior Design

6 Ways to Provide Connected Home Design for Today’s Buyer

Providing responsive design for today’s home buyer is imperative. After weeks (in some cases, months)...

Sue Ridgeway // 07.07.20
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Interior Design

Designing for Zen

To say that these are stressful times would be an understatement. Regardless of your prospective...

Sue Ridgeway // 05.19.20
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Sustainability & Green Building

Sustainability & Green Building

BALA Call for Entries: Green Awards

We are no longer accepting BALA entries for the 2022 awards. Please stay tuned for...

08.15.22
Best Practices
Sustainability & Green Building

Is Mass Timber the Future for Multifamily?

Mass Timber is gaining lots of attention lately. Many builders and designers are adopting the...

07.28.22
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Sustainability & Green Building

Home of the Week: The Gladstone

Empty nesters and retirees are a key demographic in the Urban Downs community in Ridgefield;...

05.02.22
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Sustainability & Green Building

Home of the Week: The Vitality Collection by Thrive Home Builders

This home was designed to meet the challenges of healthy living; working, learning and playing...

06.30.21
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Sustainability & Green Building

Home of the Week: BUILDER Chowa Concept Home

The BUILDER Chowa Concept Home, developed by Woodside Homes and designed by KTGY in partnership...

04.28.21
Special Feature
Sustainability & Green Building

Register Now For The Virtual Green Home Tour Series

Plus: a sneak peek at the home!

04.20.21
Sustainability & Green Building

High-Performance Strategies

This is part two of a two part series. Click here to view part one,...

Michelle Dusseau Diller // 12.15.20
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Multifamily

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Multifamily

Multifamily Spotlight: Academy 65

The objective was to squeeze an off-campus student housing community onto a tight infill parcel,...

01.04.23
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Multifamily

Multifamily Spotlight: Aspire San Marcos

Serving students of Texas State University, the 13-story Aspire is the tallest building in the...

12.05.22
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Multifamily

Multifamily Spotlight: Robinson Landing

Located along the Potomac River in historic Old Town, this new community was designed to...

11.17.22
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Multifamily

Multifamily Spotlight: Sustainable Housing and Preservation

Originally designed as a single-family home by noted architect, Ralph Adams Cram, FAIA, this 130-year-old...

11.09.22
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Multifamily

Multifamily Spotlight: Arabella

The historic Horlick Malted Milk Company offered a complex of buildings on nearly 16 acres...

11.01.22
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Multifamily

Inspiration on the Drawing Board: Grape Avenue

Located on a major thoroughfare, this project merges a need for housing with the city’s...

10.26.22
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Multifamily

Multifamily Spotlight: Grand Logan Lodge

The Grand Logan Lodge is the adaptive reuse of a century-old church that has been...

10.20.22
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Remodeling

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Remodeling

Remodel of the Week: 70s Contemporary Transformed

The clients initially asked for a kitchen and sunroom update. The existing sunroom had been...

11.23.22
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Remodeling

Remodel of the Week: 1351 C Street

1351 C Street is a noteworthy 5-bed, 4.5-bath townhouse with 2-car parking and abundant outdoor...

11.14.22
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Remodeling

Remodel of the Week: Now and Zen

Now and Zen afforded a second life to a stucco McMansion as it was transformed...

11.04.22
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Remodeling

Historic Preservation: The Latch Southampton Village

The Latch is a 20-home luxury condominium community in the heart of Southampton Village. The...

11.03.22
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Remodeling

Remodel of the Week: Bloomfield Township Residence

This century-old home needed to be updated for modern life. Its single-car garage was not...

10.03.22
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Remodeling

Remodel of the Week: Now and Zen

Now and Zen afforded a second life to a stucco McMansion as it was transformed...

09.23.22
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Remodeling

Remodel of the Week: Hampton Renovation

Overlooking a pond, this house takes advantage of the views. The owners were looking for...

09.07.22
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Special Feature

Special Feature

POST-COVID DWELLINGS DESIGN

COVID-19 has forced many dwellers to reside at home during the quarantine time and conduct...

09.15.22
Special Feature

Home Exterior Trend: Low-Maintenance Steel Siding for Today’s Homeowners

SPONSORED CONTENT Get the insider details on designing with the architectural steel siding that is...

04.28.22
Special Feature

Home Exterior Trend: Low-Maintenance Steel Siding for Today’s Homeowners

SPONSORED CONTENT Get the insider details on designing with the architectural steel siding that is...

04.21.22
Special Feature

BALA Deadline Extended!

Good News! The Best in American Living™ Awards (BALA) application deadline has been extended to...

08.26.21
Special Feature

BALA Awards Now Open

Now in its 38th year, the Best in American Living™ Awards (BALA Awards) is the...

07.15.21
Special Feature

Right Sizing: Time is Running Out to Reserve Your Seat for the July Design Bite

Don’t miss your opportunity to join Lita Dirks and Mike Woodley for the 15-minute July...

07.13.21
Special Feature

Home Builders Win Big with Lucrative and In-Demand Outdoor Living Spaces

SPONSORED CONTENT According to a study by Wakefield Research for the American Home Furnishings Alliance...

Feeney // 06.17.21
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Detail

New Roofs Improve Safety and Curb Appeal

Fall is the perfect time to secure a home from winter storms. New roofing often...

12.02.22

Unlock the WOW! Statement Entry Doors

Welcoming buyers, friends and family into a new or existing home can automatically feel more...

10.25.22

Dark Vs. Light Spaces

When designing a space, there is a multitude of options when choosing between dark and...

09.30.22

Trending Stair Designs

Stairs have been used many times by designers as an element to emphasize innovation and...

08.31.22

2021 BALA Adaptive Re-Use Winners

The existing building stock presents significant opportunities for adaptive re-use. Instead of ignoring structures as...

08.01.22

Looking Out the Window

Infusing Your Spaces with Natural Light Which do people prefer – natural or artificial light?...

07.05.22
Remodeling

Home of the Week: Maykus Residence

A renovation of the 1904 home of one of Grapevine, Texas’ first mayors sought to...

12.13.17
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