'08 BALA Hall of Fame

Stephen C. Moore, BSB Design

Stephen C. Moore Photo courtesy Steve Moore

Photo: Sweeney South Commercial Photography

When Steve Moore worked for NAHB after college, it galled him that builders were not a strong part of design awards. “The justification,” he says, “is the other awards were pretty boy architect competitions and the builders were not part of it. We wanted something that showed off housing that works. Housing that sells.”

Without Moore, there would be no Best in American Living Award, and the focus of the competition would not have been as strong to recognizing designs that sell.

Today, Moore is president of BSB Design and is still focused on designs that work in the marketplace. He sees considerable advancement in residential design since the program began 25 years ago. “It isn’t just this competition,” he says, “but others pushing on the same goal of pushing residential design in terms of depth of talent and quality of design regardless of market and price point.”

Moore began his design career by earning a degree from the University of Virginia School of Architecture. Even with that design background, the viability of design’s role in the marketplace has always been a high priority, which led to him accepting the marketing director position at BSB Design, which eventually led to the president’s role.