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Prestigious Montgomery County Custom Home Builder Award Winners Announced
May 24, 2017 (Fulton, MD)  - The Maryland Building Industry Association will announce the 2017  Montgomery County Chapter Custom Builder Awards at a ceremony at the Pooks HIll Marriott, tonight. The awards showcase the outstanding work of builders, architects, designers and construction professionals in the region.
 
     "The MBIA Montgomery County Chapter Custom Builder Awards honor and celebrate quality and excellence in construction, architecture and residential design," said Lori Graf, CEO of MBIA.  Entries must be located within Montgomery County or the District of Columbia, be no more than three years old and represent either custom construction or speculative production houses or condos. "These homes are shining examples of the thoughtful planning and innovative details that make a house a home," added Graf. "They showcase the custom homes in our area and display the superior craftsmanship of our builder members."

New this year, an award logo has been developed to allow the award winners to be recognized for their outstanding achievement. They are encouraged to use the logo in their marketing materials and anywhere they promote their win.


The awards are divided into categories including:
  • Traditional Homes which combine practicality and accessibility with a classic look and simplistic design and functionality.
  • Contemporary Homes which share common design elements such as strong, geometric shapes, oversized windows allowing for extensive natural light, asymmetrical facades and open floor plans with minimal doors and walls.
  • Transitional Homes which blend traditional and contemporary styles, incorporating lines that are less ornate than traditional designs, but not as severely basic as contemporary lines. 
       They are then further divided into to two types of houses; custom and speculative. A custom home is designed and built to the client's unique requirements. A spec home is designed and built with a buyer in mind.
 
     A diverse team of judges viewed both interior and exterior of the homes in addition to reviewing detailed written information, photographs and plans.  The total building cost of all the houses entered in this year's competition totaled more than $30,000,000.
 
Editor's Note: High-resolution photos of all of the award winners are available by contacting
khogle@marylandbuilders.org and can be viewed at  www.marylandbuilders.org beginning on May 25, 2017.
2017 Custom Builder Award Winners 
GOLD AWARD
Custom Traditional Home
Sandy Spring Builders, LLC
Architect: GTM Architects
Washington, DC
 
GOLD AWARD
Custom Contemporary Home
Studio Z Design Concepts, LLC
Builder: Menditch Homes, LLC
Bethesda, MD
 
GOLD AWARD
Custom Transitional Home
Sandy Spring Builders, LLC
Architect: GTM Architects
Chevy Chase, MD
 
SILVER AWARD
Custom Transitional Home
Chuck Sullivan Homes
Architect: Studio Z Design Concepts, LLC
Bethesda, MD
 
GOLD AWARD
Custom Green Home
Mid-Atlantic Custom Builders
Architect: Custom Design Concepts
Bethesda, MD
 
GOLD AWARD
Speculative Transitional Home
Laurence Cafritz Builders
Architect: Studio Z Design Concepts, LLC
Bethesda, MD
 
SILVER AWARD
Speculative Transitional Home
Three Brothers Land Co.
Architect: Claude C. Lapp AIA
Bethesda, MD
 
BRONZE AWARD
Speculative Transitional Home
R&R Custom Homes
Architect: Studio Z Design Concepts, LLC
Bethesda, MD
GOLD AWARD
Speculative Green Home
Mid-Atlantic Custom Builder
Architect: Mid-Atlantic Custom Builder
Bethesda, MD
 
SILVER AWARD
Speculative Green Home
Mid-Atlantic Custom Builder
Architect: Mid-Atlantic Custom Builder
Bethesda, MD
 
GOLD AWARD
Custom Home under 3,500 sq. ft.
Douglas Construction Group
Architect: Studio Z Design Concepts, LLC
Bethesda, MD
 
GOLD AWARD
Custom Home between 3,500-5,000 sq. ft.
Mid-Atlantic Custom Builders
Architect: Lessard Designs
Bethesda, MD
 
 
SILVER AWARD
Custom Home between 3,500-5,000 sq. ft.
Finecraft Contractors, Inc.
Architect: SevenFiveThree Development
Chevy Chase, MD
 
GOLD AWARD
Custom Home between 5,000-7,500 sq. ft.
Studio Z Design Concepts, LLC
Builder: Sandy Spring Builders, LLC
Potomac, MD
 
SILVER AWARD
Custom Home between 5,000-7,500 sq. ft.
Washington Metropolitan Homes
Architect: Claude C. Lapp, AIA
Bethesda, MD
 
BRONZE AWARD
Custom Home between 5,000-7,500 sq. ft.
Mid-Atlantic Custom Builders
Architect: Custom Design Concepts
Bethesda, MD
 
GOLD AWARD
Custom Home between 7,500-12,500 sq. ft.
R&R Custom Homes
Architect: Studio Z Design Concepts, LLC
Potomac, MD
 
SILVER AWARD
Custom Home between 7,500-12,500 sq. ft.
Studio Z Design Concepts, LLC 
Builder: Sandy Spring Builders, LLC
Bethesda, MD
 
GOLD AWARD
Speculative Home between 3,500-5,000 sq. ft.
Foxhall Homes
Architect: Architecture Collaborative
Kensington, MD
 
GOLD AWARD
Speculative Home between 5,000-7,500 sq. ft.
Washington Metropolitan Homes
Architect: Claude C. Lapp, AIA
Rockville, MD
 
SILVER AWARD
Speculative Home between 5,000-7,500 sq. ft.
Douglas Construction Group
Architect: Studio Z Design Concepts, LLC
Bethesda, MD
 
BRONZE AWARD
Speculative Home between 5,000-7,500 sq. ft.
Chuck Sullivan Homes
Bethesda, MD
GOLD AWARD
Speculative Home over 7,500 sq. ft.
Castlewood Consulting, LLC
Architect: Castlewood Consulting, LLC
Bethesda, MD
 
GOLD AWARD
Addition over 2,000 sq. ft.
R&R Custom Homes
Architect: Studio Z Design Concepts
Bethesda, MD
 
GOLD AWARD
Renovation over 2,000 sq. ft.
Sandy Spring Builders, LLC
Architect: Glenn Chen Fong, AIA
Bethesda, MD

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