Last month as part of the International Builders Show in Las Vegas, I was able to visit the 2014 New American Home^®, the 31st edition of the NAHB show home. The home is located in the exclusive foothills of Henderson’s Sky Terrace housing development. The New American Home truly represents all the best things about new homes bringing together the perfect balance of innovative design and cutting-edge technology.

Since The New American Home’s inception in 1984, each edition highlights the changing trends and environmental needs of each year’s new home buyers.This year’s New American Home is the 31st installment of the series, and serves as the perfect blueprint for builders to take away ideas for future floor plans and designs. For example, The New American Home boasts a ton of new features including two islands in the kitchen which nods to consumers’ demand for more functional spaces. Design and functionality improvements such as these are at the heart of what make each year’s New American Home the model of all model homes.

While new and exciting living features are always anticipated, The New American Home also represents some of the best things about our industry — collaboration, partnership and forward thinking. The best of the best came together to make this project happen. From the teams at NAHB and Hanley Wood who spearheaded the project to the architect, Jeff Berkus and Builder, Josh Anderson — the results were spectacular.

And of course I am so proud that BDX participated in this project by creating stills and animations for the interactive walk-through. In fact, if you weren’t able to see the show for yourself in Las Vegas, you can view some of our work as part of The New American Home Virtual Tour: http://www.newamericanhome2014.com/

We are excited to see what next year’s version of The New American Home brings, but we already know for sure it is going to be an instant classic.