Bal House, Menlo Park, Calif.

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A sensitive renovation interweaves the original house and its new additions.

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Transformer Loft, New York

This small studio apartment in New York lives large thanks to built-in storage.

Tribeca Loft Residence, New York

Office of Architecture and Push bring light to a New York loft.

Tyler Residence, Leawood, Kan.

Two unobtrusive interior renovations update a home’s exterior.

Custom Home Design Awards

Announcing the Winners of the 2012 Custom Home Design Awards!

After narrowing down the hundreds of entries to just 29 winners, the jurors bestowed one Custom Home of the Year award, seven Grand awards, and 21 Merit awards

Nils Finne, AIA, has long exemplified the highly skilled regional practitioner. Based in Seattle, he draws on Asian, Scandinavian, and mid-century modernist influences in work that distills the environmental and cultural currents of the contemporary Pacific Northwest.

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Stacked Cabin, Muscoda, Wis.

This vertical-minded Milwaukee getaway challenges the notions of what a cabin is.

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Genius Loci, Montauk, N.Y.

This Montauk beach house is a lens through which to study the landscape.

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The Eddinger clan puts work and family first

Eddinger Enterprises is a family-run custom home business that really works.

Boston-area Builder Bets on Custom Modular Homes

Russell D. Busa has found a niche building modular custom homes.

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