BFH 2025 Exterior Building Product Award Categories
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Every year, exceptional manufacturers across North America push the boundaries of quality, design, and innovation in home exterior products. The Built for Home 2025 Awards recognize standout brands that go beyond the expected — those that deliver superior craftsmanship, impressive materials, and solutions that truly raise the standards for residential spaces.
Our selection process is guided by nine key categories—Adaptability, Craftsmanship, Sustainability, Innovation, Connectedness, Functionality, Wellness, Simplicity, and Community. These awards highlight our favorite manufacturers whose products and dedication to excellence have caught our attention. Each honoree represents a commitment to their trade and the home industry and gives home professionals and homeowners great options for their projects and homes.Join us as we celebrate the manufacturers shaping the future of outdoor living—one product at a time.
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Adaptability Award
Our Adaptability Award recognizes products that offer customization, modularity, or flexible applications to meet diverse project needs.Porcelain Tile Panels
Crossville
Crossville, Tennessee
Crossville manufactures large format porcelain tile panels suitable for tile-over-tile installation, eliminating the need for demolition, and increasing project flexibility.
- Light-weight, thin porcelain tile panels with over 60 colorways and finishes
- Their company has committed to sustainable, carbon neutral production, and many of their products are LEED-rated.
- Backings are reinforced by fiberglass matting, with varied widths to handle the demands of both vertical and horizontal applications
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Craftsmanship Award
For the Craftsmanship Award, we examined products known for their exceptional materials, durability, or artisan-quality construction.Architectural Glass Solutions
American Frameless
Westport, Connecticut
For 50 years, American Frameless has crafted stunning architectural glass for indoor applications such as kitchen backsplashes and shelves and frameless shower doors, bath enclosures, and artful partitions.
- Glass styles include fluted, sandblasted, low iron, bubbled, beveled, and more
- Patented Diamon-Fusion clear protective coating reduces scratching and stains, and increases brilliance by 35%
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Sustainability Award
The Sustainability Award showcases eco-friendly, energy-efficient, or responsibly sourced products.Non-Toxic Countertops Made of Recycled Materials
IceStone USA
New York, New York
IceStone USA is transforming what’s possible in kitchen countertops with their LEED credit eligible, Cradle to Cradle certified products, made of 75% recycled materials and 0% petrochemicals or resins.
- Materials: Made only of recycled glass, Portland cement and non-toxic pigments (no VOCs or crystalline silica)
- Stain resistant and almost impossible to burn
- 9 available colors for their main collection IceStone, and more for their concrete (Vetrazzo) and recycled paper (PaperStone) options
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Innovation Award
Our Innovation Award acknowledges cutting-edge designs, materials, or technologies that push the industry forward.Luxury Appliances
Signature Kitchen Suite
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Signature Kitchen Suite manufacturers next-generation kitchen appliances suitable for professionals and luxury homes. Their specialty products include ranges, wall ovens, ventilation, wine refrigerators, and more.
- 15 award winning products including their 48″ French Door fridge, Combi-Wall oven, and convertible under-counter fridge and freezer drawers
- WiFi-enabled appliances can connect to the free LG ThinQ app, where multiple products can be controlled at once
- Limited 3-year warranty and 5-day Repair Promise
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Connectedness Award
For the Connectedness Award, we celebrate smart home integrations, automation, or IoT-enabled products that enhance convenience.Toe Kick Central Vacuum
M.D. Manufacturing
Monroe, Washington
M.D. Manufacturing produces central vacuums that conveniently integrate cleaning systems into the whole house. The power unit and collection system is located out of sight (garage, basement), and a network of pipes runs through the walls, connecting it to wall inlets.
- Baseboard VacPan or VacPorts can be installed with a toe-kick – homeowners can easily activate the vacuum, sweeping crumbs toward the suction without needing to pull out an entire vacuum – ideal for tight spaces like kitchens and bathrooms!
- Homes can be retrofitted with a central vac without destroying any walls, utilizing closets, soffits, return air ducts, stud bays, and interior walls to run the pipe and wire
- A variety of attachments – hoses, specialty brushes – can be attached to wall inlets
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Functionality Award
The Functionality Award is for products that improve usability, ease of installation, or incorporate problem-solving features.Specialty Faucets
California Faucets
Huntington Beach, California
California Faucets produces artisan fixtures including shower systems, kitchen and bath faucets, and decorative drains in industrial, contemporary, traditional, and transitional styles. They offer pre-made and custom products designed to efficiently complete specific tasks in the kitchen and bath.
- Handcrafted faucets have over 25 finishes available – chrome, satin nickel, PVD, and powder-coated
- StyleTherm® thermostatic shower system allows users to set and maintain a predetermined temperature and control the water pressure
- ZeroDrain® is a popdown drain that is easier to install and clean and more attractive
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Wellness Award
Our Wellness Award recognizes products that contribute to health, comfort, or biophilic design principles.Luxury Bathtubs and Shower Bases
Americh
Charlotte, North Carolina
Since 1982, Americh has been crafting luxury tubs and shower bases with customizable features that enhance comfort and style. They offer freestanding, skirted, vintage, and drop in tubs, in addition to shower bases made of patented acrylic or high quality minerals.
- The ROC Collection is cast of natural, organic mineral components and specialized agents that form a stone solid surface tub with enhanced structural integrity and insulating properties
- Their Designer Collection of shower pans offers a low profile threshold, a choice of square or channel drains, and the capacity to accommodate neo angle, single, double, triple and freestanding applications
- Accessories include: jet upgrades, chromotherapy lights, overflow toe touch drains, nano bubbles, and inline heaters
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Simplicity Award
The Simplicity Award honors products designed for ease-of-use, low maintenance, or streamlined installation.Structurally Superior Cabinetry
Nations Cabinetry
San Antonio, Texas
Nations Cabinetry builds sturdy cabinetry in contemporary, transitional, and traditional styles. Material options include beech, cherry, oak, hickory, and more, with dozens of finish options. They’ve been extensively tested to ensure years of structural durability, eliminating expensive maintenance.
- Custom and semi-custom frameless cabinets in wide array of styles and designs: flat, solid, and raised panel.
- Certified by the Kitchen Cabinet Manufacturer Association’s (KCMA) Environmental Stewardship Program (ESP) and the high quality standards of ANSI/KCMA 161.1
- Brass, steel, and zinc hardware with brushed nickel and chrome finishes
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Community Award
The Community Award goes to manufacturers that give back through ethical business practices, social impact, or industry advocacy.Artisan LED Lighting
RBW
Tribeca, New York
RBW creates high-quality modern artisan lighting with LED integrations, 3 color temperatures, and smart dimming solutions. They incorporate surprising materials such as molded felt, solid cast glass, webbed TPU skin, and more.
- Their advanced sensor technology detects changes in occupancy, motion, daylight, shutting off lights when not in use
- They support the Kingston YMCA Farm Project—an urban farm that empowers youth to take on food justice, environmental leadership, and community-building
- Sustainable production processes eliminated 69% of material use and waste
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Know a Standout Manufacturer? Submit for Future Consideration!
The Built for Home Awards recognize exceptional home products made in North America—but we know there are many more deserving of the spotlight. If you know a manufacturer creating innovative, high-quality exterior, interior, kitchen, or bath products, we want to hear about them!
A special thank you to each of these outstanding companies for laboring to create beautiful, innovative, and responsibly manufactured products that home industry professionals can specify and use in their projects to make homes more comfortable, safe, and efficient.