At this year’s Pinnacle Awards, sponsored by the Home Builder’s Association of Bucks and Montgomery Counties, Luce & Associates once again came away with the coveted Best Architectural House Plan as well as Best Product Innovation for the Building Industry.

The Thornbury, the winning design for Best Architectural House Plan, references French Manor style with a modern flair and incorporates every luxury a family might desire. The entry opens to a two-story foyer with majestic circular stairs and views of the great room beyond. The great room contains a two-sided fireplace, which connects to an outdoor bar area and one of the home’s three porches.

Barrel vaults and arch openings accentuate the main hallway leading to a guest suite adjacent to the study and parlor. The kitchen includes a cozy inglenook, sunroom, and an adjoining elevator, to escort passengers upstairs. A private back entrance opens to the rear foyer and a circular staircase enclosed within a turret leading up to a family studio with a built-in desk for activities and crafts. The master suite features a private sitting room, his and hers walk-in-closets and a luxurious master bathroom. The bathroom includes double vanities, a compartmentalized toilet, a separate shower and five circular windows that encircle the sensual soaking tub. Two of the second floor bedrooms share a Jack and Jill bath and the princess suite boasts a private bath.

The award for Best Product Innovation for the Building Industry went to Luce & Associates’ modern implementation of the inglenook in combination with a two-sided fireplace. Luce & Associates’ reinvention of the inglenook has created a fireplace that does not compromise functional living space, ventilation, views or natural light.