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2019 Award Winners

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      2019 Houses Awards Overview

      Here's a look at the winners in all six categories: Best New Home, Best Remodel, Best Small Home, Best Energy-Smart Home, Best Traditional Home, and Editor's Choice. Click here to explore the entire 2019 HOUSES issue online.

      2018 Award Winners

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          2018 Houses Awards Overview

          Here's a look at the winners in all six categories: Best New Home, Best Remodel, Best Small Home, Best Energy-Smart Home, Best Traditional Home, and Editor's Choice. Click here to explore the entire HOUSES issue online.

          2017 Award Winners

          2017 Houses Awards Overview

          2017 Houses Awards Overview

          Here's a look at the winners in all six categories: Best New Home, Best Remodel, Best Small Home, Best Energy-Smart Home, Best Traditional Home, and Editor's Choice.

          2016 Award Winners

          • 2016 Best Small Home Video

            2016 Best Small Home

            Site constraints and a desire to optimize the view drove the design of this subtle small home.

          • 2016 Best Energy Smart Home

            2016 Best Energy Smart Home

            This California home combines traditional passive-solar strategies with new-age materials.

          • 2016 Editor's Choice Video

            2016 Editor's Choice

            This compact near-zero-energy home is designed for those looking to live well with minimal impact.

          2015 Award Winners

          • 2015 Best New Home Video

            2015 Best New Home

            A home on the edge of the Atlantic celebrates its site with a fresh take on traditional style.

          • 2015 Best Remodel Video

            2015 Best Remodel

            The signature features of an iconic 1964 Eichler are revived in this light and bright remodel.

          • 2015 Best Small Home Video

            2015 Best Small Home

            With savvy space planning and rich, natural finishes, this prefab cabin feels much larger than its 550 sq. ft.

          • 2015 Best Energy Smart Home

            2015 Best Energy Smart Home

            This Texas house borrows from the ground and the sky for net-zero energy use and complete water independence.

          • 2015 Best Traditional Home Video

            2015 Best Traditional Home

            The spirit of a Revolutionary War-era stone farmhouse is restored with all the comforts of contemporary living.

          • 2015 Editor's Choice Video

            2015 Editor's Choice

            An unassuming Northwest island home combines light and views with inviting nooks for cloudy-day refuge.

          2014 Award Winners

          • 2014 Best New Home Video

            2014 Best New Home

            Building a new home in a dense neighborhood demanded a smart approach to modern home design.

          • 2014 Best Remodel Video

            2014 Best Remodel

            A small home addition and a savvy design transform a small California bungalow.

          • 2014 Best Small Home Video

            2014 Best Small Home

            At 1,000 square feet smaller than the average custom home, this compact house is comfortable, practical and attainable.

          • 2014 Best Energy Smart Home

            2014 Best Energy Smart Home

            A Maine architect designs Michigan’s first certified Passive House to be rooted in tradition, and outlines lessons for builders of custom homes.

          • 2014 Best Traditional Home Video

            2014 Best Traditional Home

            A smart remodel retains its arts-and-crafts bungalow roots.

          • 2014 Editor's Choice Video

            2014 Editor's Choice

            Architecture the way we like it. This is custom home design flush with practical lessons replicable in any new home or home remodel.

          2013 Award Winners

          • 2013 Best New Home Video

            2013 Best New Home

            With its exceptional performance and equally considered style, this certified Passive House on the Monterey Peninsula in California exemplifies what we believe to be fine home building.

          • 2013 Best Remodel Video

            2013 Best Remodel

            The extensive restoration and reinvention of this Edwardian San Francisco row house successfully bonds preservation with performance while maintaining a critical focus on the homeowners' lifestyle.

          • 2013 Best Small Home Video

            2013 Best Small Home

            Set among existing gardens, the third-party-certified green house in Eugene, Ore., relies on shared spaces and connections to the outdoors to seem larger than its physical boundaries.

          • 2013 Best Energy Smart Home

            2013 Best Energy Smart Home

            The home on the Maine coast achieves extraordinary energy performance through a design based on proven assembly methods and carefully executed, straightforward construction techniques.

          • 2013 Best Retirement Home Video

            2013 Best Retirement Home

            Designed with an emphasis on long-term livability and built with regionally-appropriate, durable, and low-maintenance materials, this home in Boerne, Texas is remarkably fit for aging in place in style and comfort.

          • 2013 Editor's Choice Video

            2013 Editor's Choice

            This heirloom house is built to harvest water and power from the sky, conserve energy within its state of-the-art masonry walls, and present for centuries a sturdy defense against the inevitable hurricane churning up the Carolina coastline.

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