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Readers’ Choice Awards 2017

In addition to the six award-winning projects selected by the Fine Homebuilding editors, we also asked our readers to select their favorite homes.
Editor’s Choice 2017: A Study in Design/Build

This new home for a Navajo family blends traditional values with modern details and materials.
Best Energy-Smart Home 2017: Net-Positive in New England

This new home blends the nostalgia of a traditional Massachusetts farmhouse with the needs of a 21st-century family.
Best Traditional Home 2017: Federal Farmhouse

A Vermont architect uses the state’s energy-efficiency guidelines to craft a new zero-energy home steeped in traditional character.
Best Small Home 2017: A LEED House on a Small Lot

An architect designs a right-sized, certified Platinum home on a challenging building lot in British Columbia.
Best Remodel 2017: Colonial Transformation

Improved flow, more natural light, and a connection to the outdoors modernize a creekside Minnesota home.
Best New Home 2017: For the Sake of Simplicity

A skillful execution of building-science principles and the quest for a simple, long-lasting home allow a unique detail to shine: the framing.
Editor’s Choice Award 2016: Downsize and Simplify

This compact near-zero-energy home is designed for those looking to live well with minimal impact
Best Energy-Smart Home 2016: West Coast Solar

This California home combines traditional passive-solar strategies with new-age materials
Best Traditional Home 2016: 21st-Century Bungalow

A bigger kitchen and a second floor combine with a period details to update a Texas spec project