2008 Master Design Awards

Qualified Remodeler - 2009 Master Design Awards

Now in its 31st year, the Master Design Awards continues to be a premier award for residential remodelers. What distinguishes this award program from others is the peer-to-peer nature of the award. Only active remodelers and designers are permitted to sit on our panel.

This year’s judging took place July 21-22 at the InterContinental Hotel, in downtown Chicago, overlooking the city. Judges were handpicked and brought in from all over the United States to give a wide variety of views and opinions on the projects. Our 2009 judging panel consisted of Michael Menn, AIA, CGR, CAPS, of Design Construction Concepts, Northbrook, Ill.; Martha Kerr, CKD, of Neil Kelly Co., Portland, Ore.; Bjorn Freudenthal, CAPS of College City Remodeling, Lakeville, Minn.; Carl Seville of Seville Consulting, Decatur, Ga.; and Sal Ferro, CR, CKD, of Alure Home Improvement, Plainview, N.Y.

Over the next 25 pages of Master Design Awards, the Gold winners are showcased along with the companies that won Silver, Bronze and Honorable Mention awards. Also, in partnership with Chrysalis, recipients of both Chrysalis and Master Design Awards for the same project are recognized with a JANUS award.

This year the Master Design Awards prouduced 22 Gold award winners, 23 Silver award winners, 22 Bronze award winners and 21 honorable mention awards. Among all of these winners, the judges then selected a Best Project above $200,000 and Best Project below $200,000. This year, the judges also selected a Vision Award for one outstanding project they felt deserved some extra kudos.


Whole House
Over $500,000

Ross Design Group, Orlando, Fla.

Monmouth Custom Builders, Deal, N.J.

Monmouth Custom Builders, Deal, N.J.

Architectural Building Arts, Inc., Madison, Wis.

Whole House
$200,000 - $500,000

New Design Building Co. Inc., Livonia, Mich.

Team Entry: GC/a ARCHITECTURE, Arlington, Va. and Merrill Contracting & Remodeling, Arlington, Va.

Team Entry: Architectural Resource, Ann Arbor, Mich. and Meadowlark Builders, Ann Arbor, Mich.

Team Entry: Grossmueller’s Design Consultants, Inc., Washington, D.C. and A.R.T. Design Build, Bethesda, Md.

Whole House
Under $200,000

South Face Creative, Eden Prairie, Minn.

Case Design/Remodeling, Bethesda, Md.

Mackmiller design+build, Eden Prairie, Minn..

Criner Construction Co., Yorktown, Va.

Detached Structure

Team Entry: Michael K. Walker & Associates, Sarasota, Fla. and TOTeMS Architecture, Inc., Sarasota, Fla.

Team Entry: Moore Construction Inc., Oakdale, Calif., and Miller Design, Modesto, Calif.

Huseby Homes, Nashville, Tenn.

Case Design/Remodeling, Inc.,

Outdoor Living

Stephen C. Gidley, Inc., Darien, Conn.

Mosaic Group, Atlanta, Ga.

Mosaic Group, Atlanta, Ga.

Team Entry: WreckCREATIONS, Lexington, Ky. and Pohl Rosa Pohl Architecture and Design

Exterior Face-lift
Best of Show under $250,000

Lellbach Builders, Warrenville, Ill.

QMA Design+Build, LLC, Ventnor, N.J.

Winn Design, LLC, Fairfax, Va.

Ross Design Group, Orlando, Fla.

Winn Design, LLC, Fairfax, Va.

Conservatory/Sunroom

Huseby Homes, Nashville, Tenn.

Donatelli Builders, Inc., Wheaton, Ill.

Team Entry: Schulte Restorations, Hopewell, N.J. and Maxmillian Hayden Architect, Inc., Princeton, N.J.

Historic Restoration

Monmouth Custom Builders, Deal, N.J.

Bloomquist Construction, Savanah, Ga.

TreHus, Minneapolis, Minn.

Craftsman Design and Renovation, Portland, Ore.

Akuma Fusion Group, Savanah, Ga.

Universal Design

Dave Fox Remodeling, Columbus, Ohio

Morris Builders, Inc., Rockford, Mich.

RI Kitchen & Bath, Warwick, R.I.

Bathrooms Over $50,000

Tri-Lite Builders, Inc., Chandler, Ariz.

Team Entry: Stephen Cohen Builders, Inc., Cambridge, Mass. and Oak Hill Architects, Inc., Weston, Mass.

Stone Pillar Remodeling, Inc., Redmond, Wash.

Dave Fox Remodeling, Columbus, Ohio

Team Entry: Grossmueller’s Design Consultants, Inc., Washington, D.C. and A.R.T. Design Build, Bethesda, Md.

Bathrooms $30,000 to $50,000

Team Entry: Architectural Resource, Ann Arbor, Mich. & Meadowlark Builders, Ann Arbor, Mich.

Otogawa-Anschel Design-Build, Minneapolis, Minn.

Morris Builders, Inc., Rockford, Mich.

Urban Designer Kitchens, Houston, Tex.

Bathrooms Under $30,000

Westhill Construction Co., Los Gatos, Calif.

CG&S Design-Build, Austin, Texas

M.D.G. Distinctive Builders, Inc., Westminster, Md.

Jackson Design & Remodeling, San Diego, Calif.

dRemodeling LLC, Philadelphia, Penn.

Room Additions Over $100,000

Team Entry: Grossmuller’s Design Consultants, Inc., Washington D.C. and A.R.T. Design Build, Bethesda, Md.

Team Entry: Cascade Restoration & Remodeling, Portland, Ore. and Marlene Buckner Interior Design, Portland, Ore.

Harris Architects, LLC, Brevard, N.C.

Strobel Design Build, St. Petersburg, Fla.

Room Additions Under $100,000

Ross Design Group, Orlando, Fla.

James Barton Design Build, Apple Valley, Minn.

Residential Specialty

Team Entry: Alward Construction Co., Inc., Berkeley, Calif. and Endresware, Berkeley, Calif.

Team Entry: Architectural Resource, Ann Arbor, Mich. and Meadowlark Builders, Ann Arbor, Mich.

CG&S Design-Build, Austin, Texas

Team Entry: Architectural Resource, Ann Arbor, Mich. and Meadowlark Builders, Ann Arbor, Mich.

Finished Basements

Gardner/Fox, Bryn Mawr, Pa.

Gardner/Fox, Bryn Mawr, Pa.

mackmiller design+build, Eden Prairie, Minn.

Green Remodel
Judges’ vision award

Team Entry: Architectural Resource, Ann Arbor, Mich. & Meadowlark Builders, Ann Arbor, Mich.

Marrokal Design and Remodeling, San Diego, Calif.

MyGreenBuildings, Sarasota, Fla.

TreHus, Minneapolis, Minn.

Light Commercial

CW Architects, Los Angeles, Calif.

Team Entry: Green Ridge Builders, LLC, Doylestown, Ohio; Speirs Architectural Design, Wooster, Ohio; and Schmidt Copeland Parker Stevens, Cleveland, Ohio

John H. Allen, Inc., Jackson, Tenn.

The Design Studio, Inc., Sioux Falls, S.D.

Room Remodel

Donatelli Builders, Inc., Wheaton, Ill.

Team Entry: Grossmuller’s Design Consultants, Inc., Washington, D.C. and A.R.T. Design Build, Bethesda, Md.

Trebbi Custom Construction, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

CG&S Design-Build, Austin, Texas

Kitchens Over $100,000

Wentworth, Inc., Chevy Chase, Md.

Carnemark Systems & Design, Bethesda, Md.

Mosaic Group, Atlanta, Ga.

The Levine Group, Silver Spring, Md.

Fisher Group LLC, Annandale, Va.

Kitchens by Eileen, New Holland, Pa.

Kitchens $50,000 to $100,000

Team Entry: Grossmueller’s Design Consultants, Inc., Washington, D.C., and A.R.T. Design Build, Bethesda, Md.

Team Entry: Architectural Resource, Ann Arbor, Mich., and S.R. Stricklen Building Co., Ann Arbor, Mich.

Kitchens by Meyer, Mountain View, Calif.

Dorfman Design Builders, Indianapolis, In.

Kitchens Direct, Inc., Hillsborough, N.J.

Kitchens Under $50,000

Michael Nash Custom Kitchens & Homes, Inc., Fairfax, Va.

Otogawa-Anschel Design-Build, Minneapolis, Minn.

Good Home Construction, Anaheim, Calif.

Artisan Design Group, Deer Mountain, Utah