2025 Denver MAME Awards

At the HBA of Metro Denver’s MAME Awards, SOAR won Architecture of a Model under 2,500 S.F. The recognition lands on a plan that shows a compact footprint can still live well and feel generous. It was also a strong night for our partnership at Baseline with Boulder Creek Neighborhoods, where the Energetic model was named a finalist.

SOAR is the featured plan within a series at Baseline that offers starter homes beginning around the $500s without giving up design, location, or connection to the neighborhood. It is a three-story home with an attached two-car alley-load garage. Inside, spaces are organized to make daily life easy and bright. The main living level sits on the second floor so light and views reach deep into the plan. Kitchen, dining, and great room work together in one open flow, and doors to outdoor space make weeknight dinners and weekend gatherings simple. The ground-floor flex room handles real life. It becomes a studio, guest space, gear zone, or a quiet office without needing an addition. Upstairs, two secondary bedrooms and a convenient laundry support everyday routines. The primary suite is a calm retreat with a private deck that turns morning coffee into a small ritual.

What frames these homes is just as important as the rooms themselves. Baseline is built around short blocks, shared courtyards, and pocket parks. Paths link to a growing trail network. Future dining and services sit within an easy walk or bike ride. The plan belongs to this setting. Porches, balconies, and entries line up with the street so neighbors meet and the community feels active. The result is a right-sized, attainably priced home that delivers more living with less upkeep.

The Energetic, also by Boulder Creek Neighborhoods at Baseline, stood out as a finalist for good reason. It centers on low maintenance and organizes daily life on the second floor with an open kitchen, dining, and great room that connect to a covered balcony. The standard third floor offers three bedrooms with a front-facing primary suite and its own balcony. Buyers can add a fourth bedroom, and the primary can gain a Juliet balcony for extra light and air. The ground-floor flex space adapts for entertaining, work from home, guests, or hobbies, and easily supports multi-gen living. On the way up, the stair landing widens into a small place to pause, read, or take a breath. It is a modest move that changes how the plan feels.

Both models work because they nod to how people actually live. Rooms are purposeful. Circulation is compact. Storage lands where it is needed. Windows bring in daylight and cross-breeze, not just symmetry. Outdoor space is an extension of the home, not an afterthought. For builders, details stay clear and buildable. For buyers, the experience feels calm and complete.

Awards are not why we design, but they validate the quiet decisions that make a home live better. SOAR’s win and Energetic’s finalist spot highlight a shared approach with Boulder Creek Neighborhoods: deliver homes that feel good to be in and fit the life people want in Colorado. Attainable price points matter. So do neighborhoods that invite a walk after dinner, a bike ride to a café, or a chat with a neighbor at the porch rail.

Thank you to our partners at Boulder Creek Neighborhoods, the consultants and trades who carried these ideas into the field, and the HBA of Metro Denver for the recognition. If you are exploring a new plan series or rethinking a model to live bigger without getting bigger, we would be glad to talk. Photos and plan details are available on request.