NAHB Builders’ Show to Honor Best in America

The NAHB is geering up for its BALA.

The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) is accepting submissions for its Best in American Living Awards (BALA), which recognizes residential design excellence.

Run by NAHB’s Design Committee, the nation-wide awards program is open to builders, architects, remodelers, designers, developers, land planners and interior designers.

Chicago developer Village Green won the 2009 BALA Silver Award for Best Rental Development 5 stories or over with Eitel Building City Apartments in Minneapolis, Minn.

There will be 32 award categories including:

*Best Single-Family Detached, Attached and Multi-Family Homes

*Best Custom or Spec Homes

*Best Affordable Home

*Best Green-Built Home

*Best Remodeling Jobs

*Best Interior Design

There will also be awards for Best in Region, Home of the Year, Room of the Year and Community of the Year.

Winners will be announced at the NAHB International Builders’ Show in Orlando, Florida in January and featured in Nation’s Building News Online.

“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.”

Submissions are due by Wednesday, September 1. There is a fee to enter.

For more information and to register, visit www.nahb.org/bala.

By the way, there are incentives if you sign up by August 31 to attend the January 12-15 NAHB International Builders’ Show. Visit www.BuildersShow.com to register.