The New American Home 2012

The White Box contemporary returns with an abundance of glass and a priority on performance.

The White Box returns with an abundance of glass and priority on performance.

Builder's 2012 Concept Homes: Gen Y

A young couple starting out needs room for a growing family, plus space for visiting friends and relatives.

A young couple starting out needs room for a growing family, plus space for visiting friends and relatives.

Builder's 2012 Concept Homes - Gen X

For a hard-working professional couple with active kids and a live-in relative, here's the ticket: a home that multitasks as hard as its owners do.

For a hard-working professional couple with active kids and a live-in relative, here's the ticket: a home that multitasks as hard as its owners do.

Builder's 2012 Concept Homes: Gen B

For empty-nesters, it’s about scaling down and having fun, with room for kids, grandkids, and friends to visit on holidays and weekends.

For empty-nesters, it’s about scaling down and having fun, with room for kids, grandkids, and friends to visit on holidays and weekends.

The New American Home 2011

In its 28th year, the longest-running show home program proves that the market for estate homes is alive and well if you have a client with big dreams and deep pockets.

For the first time in its 28-year history, The New American Home had a homeowner attached from the start.

BUILDER's Concept Home 2011

Production housing in the suburbs that is affordable, beautiful, and net zero? Builder's Concept Home 2011 proves it's possible to have it all.

KB Home builds a net-zero residence for average Americans with the Martha Stewart touch.

The New American Home 2010

The New American Home 2010 sits three-quarters finished in an enviable Las Vegas infill community, the victim of a construction financing crisis that’s affecting builders nationwide.

This show home sits three-quarters finished, the victim of the construction financing crisis.

A Home for the New Economy

Easy to finance, build, market, and maintain, BUILDER'S prototype home takes flexibility to a new level.

Easy to finance, build, market, and maintain, BUILDER'S prototype home takes flexibility to a new level.

The New American Home 2009

The 26th annual show home rejuvenates modern single-family living by combining contemporary lines, comfortable living spaces, and an impressive level of environmental consciousness.

The New American Home 2009 rejuvenates modern single-family living with a balance of contemporary lines and comfortable living spaces with an impressive level of environmental consciousness.

Living the Vision

BUILDER’s newest show home combines affordable construction, quality design, and sustainability.

The New American Home 2008

NAHB's 2008 Show Home

With authentic detailing and conveniences to suit the modern boomer, this stately Gulf Coast plantation home brings a fresh look to Orlando’s luxury market.

Tradewinds: Builder's 2008 Show Home

Builder’s 2008 show home marries classical architectural principles with high-performance building systems.

Of course, post-industrial houses do have their benefits (indoor plumbing, beer fridges, hi-def surround sound), so the task becomes figuring out how to integrate antiquity’s greatest green lessons into designs that meet the lifestyle demands of today. That is what Tradewinds, our show home for the 2008 International Builders’ Show in Orlando, Fla., set out to do.

The New American Home 2007

Show home models the best of contemporary housing design and new urbanism.

Set on a prime piece of ground on the southern edge of the Lake Eola historic district in downtown Orlando, Fla., with a view of the city's signature water feature, the three-story, 5,283-square-foot house is a legitimate and welcome addition to the neighborhood.

The In Sync Home: Builder's 2007 show home

Old World elegance meets modern convenience in BUILDER's 2007 show home.

Modern life moves at warp speed, and each day is an exercise in controlled chaos. The desire for a simpler existence is ever present in our juggling of personal, family, and business commitments. Home is sought out as a spot for refuge and rejuvenation—the place we go to recharge our batteries and soothe our souls.