NAHB’s Best in American Living Awards Now Accepting Submissions
July 22, 2010 - The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) is now accepting submissions for its Best in American Living Awards (BALA), the nation's premier award program recognizing residential design excellence. The awards program is open to builders, architects, remodelers, designers, developers, land planners and interior designers nationwide.
Winners will be selected in 32 different award categories recognizing excellence in both custom and spec homes, attached, detached and multifamily homes, as well as affordable housing, remodeling, rental developments, communities, interior design, green homes and communities. Awards will also be given for the Best in Region, Home of the Year, Room of the Year and Community of the Year.
For more than 25 years, the BALAs have raised the bar for design excellence in the building industry and highlighted those builders, architects, interior designers, remodelers, developers and land planners who have achieved superior levels of creativity and innovation. Formerly administered by both NAHB and Reed Business Information, the awards program is now run exclusively by NAHB's Design Committee.
"The BALAs are the most prestigious awards of their kind, setting the benchmark for innovations in residential home design," said Mike Nagel, 2010 Design Committee Chairman and Partner, MAW Chicago LLC. "We are proud to have a long history of honoring those who set the bar high by encouraging creativity, originality and imagination in our industry."
To streamline the submission process this year, award entries will now be submitted electronically, and hardcopy notebooks are no longer required. Additionally, several award categories have been combined, and additional categories have been added for remodeling.
Winning entries will be announced at the NAHB International Builders' Show in Orlando, Fla. in January and will also be featured in Nation's Building News Online.
Submissions are due Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010. To register, and for current information regarding deadlines, entry requirements and judging criteria for the 2010 BALA Program, please visit www.nahb.org/bala.
