Seen throughout many of today’s single-family floor plans, great rooms, which combine the kitchen, dining, and living areas, are the ideal space for entertaining guests. With the holidays and gathering season just around the corner, BUILDER chose to highlight eight top-notch entertaining spaces from this year’s Builder’s Choice Design Award winners.

Check out the following living and dining rooms in these award-winning projects below and mark your calendars for early March for the 2024 edition of the annual residential design awards program.

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Phinney Mini
2023 BCDA: Project of the Year
Location: Seattle
Architect: Best Practice Architecture

Anice Hoachlander

Spring Mill House
2023 BCDA: Custom Home, More Than 5,000 Square Feet, Grand
Location: McLean, Virginia
Architect: Robert M. Gurney Architect

Anice Hoachlander

Renovation 1662
2023 BCDA: Renovations and Additions, Grand
Location: Washington, D.C.
Architect: Robert M. Gurney Architect

Matthew Millman

Bayview
2023 BCDA: Custom Home, 5,000 Square Feet or Less, Merit
Location: Hermosa Beach, California
Architect: Ehrlich Yanai Rhee Chaney Architects

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Stack Homes Ski Chalet
2023 BCDA: Modular/Prefab Home, Merit
Location: Brian Head, Utah
Architect: Stack Homes

Anice Hoachlander

Franzen House
2023 BCDA: Custom Home, 5,000 Square Feet or Less, Merit
Location: Bethesda, Maryland
Architect: Robert M. Gurney Architect

Resolution: 4 Architecture

Lido Beach House II
2023 BCDA: Modular/Prefab, Merit
Location: Lido Beach, New York
Architect: Resolution: 4 Architecture

Beth Singer

Bloomfield Hills Residence
2023 BCDA: Kitchen, Merit
Location: Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
Architect: CBI Design Professionals