platinum Winners
BALA, the country’s foremost design competition for residential housing, judges entries not only on appearance, but also scrutinizes interior floor plans, how the project relates to its own local market, and the construction techniques and materials used to build it.

Project Name: Sarasota - Plan One.
Designer/Architect: William Hezmalhalch Architects, Inc.
Category: BEST SINGLE-FAMILY; DETACHED HOME; 1501 --1800 SQ. FT.
Designed for a traditional California-style neighborhood in a new master planned community, Plan One offers buyers a choice between Spanish and Craftsman exterior elevations.
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Project Name: Mendocino at Northpark - Plan 1.
Designer/Architect: Bassenian/Lagoni Architects
Category: BEST SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED HOME; 1801 - 2400 SQ. FT.
Designed to meet builder's requirements that one of its three featured homes at a new master-planned community have an attached garage with minimal impact on the streetscape, the Plan 1 features a porte cochere at the front of its driveway and a setback garage.
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Project Name: Liberty on the Lake - Heritage Model.
Designer/Architect: Senn & Youngdahl, Inc.
Category: BEST SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED HOME; 2401 - 3000 SQ. FT.
Featured in a traditional-style, pedestrian-friendly development, this 2455-square-foot home has a wrap-round front porch leading to a side entry.
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Project Name: Wickford Point - The Narragansett.
Designer/Architect: Looney Ricks Kiss.
Category: BEST SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED HOME; 3001 - 4000 SQ. FT.
Delightful shingle-style two-story reflects the Northeastern seaboard character of its prime location. Access to the outdoors is a key feature of the 3084-square-foot home's design--with nearly every room on the main floor connected to a covered porch.
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Project Name: Bel Etage - Residence One.
Designer/Architect: Danielian Associates.
Category: BEST SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED HOME; 3001 - 4000 SQ. FT.
This attractive, single-story home features a floor plan that is suited to a sophisticated, culturally diverse home-buyer market that includes move-ups and empty nesters.
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Project Name: The Chianti.
Designer/Architect: Eric Brown Design Group Inc.
Category: BEST SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED HOME; 4001 SQ. FT. AND OVER
Inspired by the cool elegance of Old World Mediterranean homes, this classic luxury residence is designed to appeal to high-end retirees or empty-nesters.
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Project Name: Strada, San Domenico - Plan 1.
Designer/Architect: Scheurer Architects.
Category: BEST ATTACHED HOME UP TO AND INCLUDING 8 UNITS PER ACRE
The classic California-style home is designed to offers buyers a high degree of flexibility in customization of living space.
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Project Name: The Townhomes at South Shore - Summerset.
Designer/Architect: Group III Architecture*Interiors*Planning.
Category: BEST ATTACHED HOME UP TO AND INCLUDING 8 UNITS PER ACRE
The three-level (not including garage-level) Summerset is designed to take full advantage of its desirable location overlooking the Atlantic Ocean, offering terrific views and shelter from the sun.
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Project Name: Johnson Street Townhouse Condominiums -Unit A.
Designer/Architect: Mithun.
Category: BEST ATTACHED HOME UP TO AND INCLUDING 9 UNITS PER ACRE
Selected as BALA's Home of the Year for 2000, this multi-level townhome offers buyers the amenities and privacy associated with single-family living, without the maintenance-all in a highly desirable urban setting.
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Project Name: Private Residence.
Designer/Architect: Sheurer Architects.
Category: BEST ONE-OF-A-KIND CUSTOM HOME UP TO AND INCLUDING 4000 SQ. FT.
Designed for a long and narrow infill lot, this 3478-square-foot custom home provides its move-up owners with plenty of privacy on its alley side while focusing living space views toward its extensive side and front courtyards.
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Project Name: Private Residence.
Designer/Architect: GROUP III Architecture*Interiors*Planning.
Category: BEST ONE-OF-A-KIND CUSTOM HOME 6501 SQ. FT. AND OVER
Located on a tear-down site in a resort setting, this 4545-square-foot custom home has a terrific floor plan that provides its empty-nester owners with their own retreat, plus plenty space to welcome friends and family
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Project Name: Private Residence.
Designer/Architect: Knudson Gloss.
Category: BEST ONE-OF-A-KIND CUSTOM HOME 4001 - 6500 SQ. FT.
This 11,385-square-foot custom home features a mix of new and old-incorporating the latest in amenities with a mix of salvaged and reclaimed finish materials into its design, including furniture, barn wood and fireplaces.
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Project Name: Private Residence.
Designer/Architect: Urban Design Associates, Ltd.
Category: BEST ONE-OF-A-KIND CUSTOM HOME 6501 SQ. FT. AND OVER
Taking full advantage of a spectacular desert site in Scottsdale, Ariz., this 6950-square-foot custom home features a mountain backdrop to the rear and a vista of city lights from its upper-level family room.
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Project Name: Blueprint 2000.
Designer/Architect: Looney Ricks Kiss.
Category: BEST SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED HOME 2401 - 3000 SQ. FT.
Suitable for a variety of home buying markets, including move-ups, empty nesters and families, this 3000-square-foot home is designed to remain comfortable and livable for owners at every stage of life.
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Project Name: Southern Living Idea House at Cuscowilla.
Designer/Architect: Stephen Fuller, Inc.
Category: BEST ONE-OF-A-KIND SPEC HOME, UP TO 4001 - 6500 SQ. FT.
Located on a peninsula, this $1.6 million home wraps around its lot, providing three distinct views of the lake that adjoins it.
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Project Name: Easthaven.
Designer/Architect: 4D Architects, Inc.
Category: BEST ONE-OF-A-KIND SPEC HOME, 6501 SQ. FT. AND OVER
With a shingle-style exterior reminiscent of the East Coast, this 6750-square-foot family-oriented home in Washington state features a floor plan that is a pleasing balance of formal and informal living spaces.
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Project Name: Garden Court at De La Vina - Studio.
Designer/Architect: Bialosky Peikert Architects.
Category: BEST RENTAL DEVELOPMENT
This 97-unit project was designed and built in response to a need for quality housing for the frail elderly in downtown Santa Barbara.
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Project Name: Newport Bluffs Apartment Village - Rivoli Townhomes.
Designer/Architect: Bassenian/Lagoni Architects.
Category: BEST RENTAL DEVELOPMENT
It is the townhome "look" of its rental units, as well as the in-town location of this luxury apartment development, that make it a highly desirable address for its target markets of renters-by-choice and corporate relocations.
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Project Name: Rivermoore Park.
Designer/Architect: Stephen Fuller, Inc.
Category: BEST COMMUNITY DESIGN 151 UNITS AND OVER
Designed and developed as a "classic" American neighborhood, Rivermoore Park is a pedestrian-friendly community of 517 planned single-family homes designed for move-up and empty-nester buyers.
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