The New American Home 2024: Modern Features, Timeless Comfort
Explore the design elements and unique, luxe details that combine to create a sense of comfort and relaxed indoor/outdoor living in The New American Home 2024
Explore the Desert Comfort Idea Home
Take a virtual walkthrough of the bright and airy living spaces inside the Desert Comfort Idea Home...
Luxury Meets Legacy in a Family-Oriented Lakeside Custom Home
This project from the 2022 Best in American Living Awards is inspired by its legacy and location and creates a new foundation for future generations to call home
2022 BALA Projects: Kitchens That Cook
These kitchens from the 2022 Best in American Living Awards showcase on-trend design and innovative ideas for any price point
A Texas Empty Nester Home and Studio With Room for Family, Too
A renowned residential designer takes on the task of creating his next home, and the result is both beautiful and functional
Custom Home Building Posts Steady Gains in Q3 2022
The custom building market reported strong year-over-year growth in the third quarter of 2022 despite waning confidence from builders and developers
The living apart together house - Jerry Messman, BSB Design
Jerry Messman of BSB Design presents a unique house plan geared for people who are looking to share housing.
The Legacy House - John Thatch, Dahlin Group
Dahlin Group's John Thatch presents a house design concept that can serve multiple generations as a family moves through life.
The One-and-One Great Room scheme - Dale Patton, Danielian Associates
In smaller homes, a typical great room can become uncomfortably tight. The One-and-One Great Room by Dale Patton of Danielian Associates not only feels large, it lives large.
Next-gen home design maximizes outdoor living - Phil Kean, Phil Kean Designs
Phil Kean's design concept for the New American Home features movable glass panels and a large lanai to maximize outdoor living.
The up-front kitchen configuration - Sarah Susanka, Susanka Studios
Sarah Susanka's latest Not So Big House project places the kitchen and eating area adjacent to the front porch, making the outdoor space a natural extension of the kitchen’s habitable area.
The keyed garage configuration - Jeff Larsen, MVE & Partners
Jeff Larsen of MVE & Partners presents a rowhouse concept with an interlocking or keyed garage configuration that achieves higher densities than conventional rear-loaded rowhouses.
The Ability House - Arthur Danielian, Danielian Associates
This plan by Art Danielian of Danielian Associates Architecture + Planning is designed to serve multi-generational living with its detached “casita” unit.
Rethinking great room design - Aram Bassenian, Bassenian Lagoni
Bassenian Lagoni's Aram Bassenian presents a house plan that solves some of the design tradeoffs typical in great room homes.
Special Report: Can design innovation jump-start home building?
Longtime marketer and home-building industry consultant John Martin has seen many housing cycles: good community development and design innovation, he says, have always been the path back. Can design innovation do it again?
Consumer research: Is design more important than price or location?
A survey of more than 20,000 recent home shoppers offers some surprising insights into the psyche of the modern-day buyer.
