2013 Design Award Winners

This year, for the first time, the Builder’s Choice Awards merged with the Custom Home Design Awards. Competition was fierce and deliberations were lengthy. Here are this year’s jury selections: the cutting-edge and inspired examples of smart land strategies, high-performance building, thoughtful planning, good environmental stewardship, and successful indoor-outdoor flow.

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Project of the Year

Parkside Residences, Austin, Texas
Architecture and construction are fields in which creative problem-solving can pay off big on issues such as affordability and suburban sprawl. Our judges elevated the Parkside Residences to Project of the Year, not just because the three spec homes are beautifully designed and efficiently built, but because they also make ingenious use of what once was a single lot on an overlooked commercial strip.

About the Author

Amy Albert

Amy Albert is editor of Custom Home and a senior editor at Builder. She covers all aspects of design. Previously, she was kitchen design editor at Bon Appetit; before that, she was senior editor at Fine Cooking, where she shot, edited, and wrote stories on kitchen design. Amy studied art history with an emphasis on architecture and urban design at the University of Pennsylvania. She lives in Los Angeles. Write her at aalbert@hanleywood.com, follow her on Twitter @CustomHomeMag and @amyatbuilder, or join her on Custom Home's Facebook page. 

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