The building and design awards keep coming in 2025!
We are proud and honored to announce that the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) awarded our home a Best in American Living Award (BALA) for best custom home in 2024.
We traveled to the International Builders Show in Las Vegas earlier this year to accept this prestigious award. This beautiful painted white brick home in Greenville has just the right combination of style, both modern looks and warm neighborhood charm. It started as a spec project but was later upgraded to the builder’s personal home when they fell in love with the family/socially oriented neighborhood.
The home was designed to take advantage of the private backyard by building a vaulted screened porch that connects to the main living areas of the home via a massive folding door. A porte cochere was created to facilitate daily covered parking, to allow for a rear entry garage, and to maximize the charm of the street presence. The outside is charming and welcoming and has a strong connection to the street thanks to the inviting European-inspired landscaping.
The inside is a modern take yet is warm and inviting; dramatically elevated details in every room create a luxurious experience. One of the most important project goals was to create a place where the owners would feel completely relaxed, as if they were on vacation at a luxury hotel. Superb attention to detail and great execution during construction made this a show home for the builder and a place to enjoy with their family.
More Best in American Living Awards
This 2,260 square-foot modern house in the mountain community Pathways of Solomon Jones won the 2020 One-of-a-Kind Custom Home Best in American Living Award (BALA).
For 37 years, the BALAs have honored the most creative and talented building professionals in the US and beyond. BALAs are awarded by the National Association of Home Builders. This federation represents the largest network of residential builders and developers in the US.
The exterior of this minimalist home alternates blonde cedar with gray siding and a monoslope roof. The interior has soaring ceilings, an open floor plan and sustainable materials. Large windows let in sweeping Blue Ridge Mountain views. A sunroom and large raised deck allow the family to enjoy outdoor living, no matter the weather. The home is carefully sited along a steep slope, to maximize views and minimize environmental impact.
We’re grateful to the architects, engineers, and subcontractors we partnered with to create this amazing custom homes. Most of all, we’re grateful to our clients, who trusted us with their time, vision, money, and future.
Best Architecture & Best Residential Interior USA Property Awards
This French inspired modern mansion in Asheville, which won Best Architecture and Best Residential Interior for North Carolina from the USA Property Awards. Best Architecture was only awarded to seven projects in the entire US. Since 1994, the International Property Awards have celebrated the highest achievement in architecture and design. Congratulations to the Asheville-based ACM Design, who did both the design and interior of this gorgeous house!
Inspired in equal parts by French Renaissance architecture and modern mountain living, the home pairs a stone and glass exterior with massive windows and contemporary interior details. The interior was designed to facilitate the flow of light and people, and to showcase the residents’ international art collection. Most of the fixtures are custom.
This luxury home represents a unique and intentional approach to aging in place. It was custom built by a couple and a close friend, who want to age together, but with a degree of private space. To that end, the home includes two master bedrooms, a full kitchen as well as a kitchenette, and both private and communal indoor and outdoor living areas.
