2009 Nationals Sales and Marketing Awards: Focus on Custom

These three gold winners from the 2007 National Sales and Marketing Awards demonstrate for custom builders, innovative thinking and high quality design

By By Felicia Oliver, Senior Editor

May 1, 2009 (All day)

Sidebars:
The 2009 nationals judges

This year’s National Sales and Marketing Awards prove once again that there are bright spots even in a drab market. Home builders that care about quality, creativity and being in sync with what their clients want are finding opportunities to build and sell great homes — and get accolades to boot.

A theme among the gold winners we feature this year is “transcending place.” Woodley Architectural Group designed and Renaissance Homes built a home with roof lines that take flight. The Green Co., with the help of Scheurer Architects, built an East Coast home that takes more than a few notes from California design, and Sattler Homes’ collaboration with Knudson Gloss Architects brings a little bit of Tuscany to Colorado. The lesson here is to stretch your imagination, mind-meld with your buyer, move forward and build.

Check out these Gold winners:

Winged Expansion

West Coast Style Slides to the Right

Italian Replica