GL Home Announces Winners of the American Life Design Contest 2025

GL Home Company

● Grand Prix: 'A Home Where Every Day Feels Like a Resort' (GL Home Mobara Store)

LIXIL Housing Research Institute GL Home Company has announced the winners of the 'GL Home American Life Design Contest 2025,' which honors exceptional home designs that fulfill concepts such as 'enjoy your home to the fullest,' 'build a home that reflects your passions,' and 'the dream of American living,' based on this year’s completed and delivered GL Home properties.

GL Home provides homes that evoke the rich lifestyles and family values of the United States and other overseas countries for those who aspire to them. The GL Home American Life Design Contest has been held annually since 2012, marking its 14th year this time.

● Excellence Award: 'An American-Style Home with an L-Shaped Covered Porch' (GL Home Maebashi Store)

◾️ Overview of the GL Home American Life Design Award 2025

・Eligibility: Completed and delivered GL Home properties from this fiscal year

・Submission Period: January 22, 2026 – March 23, 2026

・Selection Method: Winning entries are decided by voting at GL Home headquarters

・Awards: Grand Prix, Excellence Award

◾️ Details of Award-Winning Homes

● Grand Prix: 'A Home Where Every Day Feels Like a Resort' (GL Home Mobara Store)

・Concept

Equipped with separate telework rooms for each spouse to focus on work, and a covered porch for relaxation during breaks. The living space features an open, resort-hotel-like design, allowing comfortable transitions between work and leisure.

・Customer Feedback

We relocated and built this home. Both of us wanted a house where we could enjoy work, surfing, and cooking as hobbies. The open space connecting the kitchen and living room to the garden is our favorite feature—we achieved exactly the home we envisioned. The deep covered porch and ceramic kitchen are great!

● Excellence Award: 'An American-Style Home with an L-Shaped Covered Porch' (GL Home Maebashi Store)

・Concept

An L-shaped covered porch that doubles as an approach to a detached garage, creating an American-style home straight out of a movie. A free-use corner in the living-dining area adapts to various lifestyle needs. The home reflects personal tastes, featuring rugged bracket lighting and iron-material display shelves.

・Customer Feedback

The free corner we created for our child is visible from the kitchen, giving us peace of mind. It’s the perfect space that can also serve as a study or workspace in the future. The iron display shelf in our vintage-style living room is a favorite spot where we display model cars we love.

◆ About GL Home

Founded in 1970 as 'Daiichi Mokko,' GL Home will celebrate its 55th anniversary in 2025. It was an early adopter of 2x4 construction in 1974. Since then, it has established itself as Japan’s leading 2x4 homebuilder, promoting the idea of 'enjoying your home and family life in your own way' based on its founding philosophy: 'a home where you can enjoy your life first and foremost.' The company proposes American-inspired lifestyles under the theme 'play with your home.'

・Company Name: LIXIL Housing Research Institute GL Home Company

・Representative: Masaru Nishihama, Executive Officer and Company President

・Head Office: 1-1-1 Nishishinagawa, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 141-0033

・URL: [LIXIL Housing Research Institute] https://www.lixil-jk.co.jp/

[GL Home] https://www.glhome.lixil-jk.co.jp/

◆ About LIXIL Housing Research Institute

A member of LIXIL, engaged in comprehensive housing-related businesses including manufacturing and sales of residential and building materials and equipment, and operation of housing franchise chains. As an operator of housing franchise chains, it manages three brands—Aiful Home, Fias Home, and GL Home—making it one of Japan’s largest housing franchise operators. Additionally, since 2024, it has launched the housing voluntary chain (VC) business 'YUIE PROJECT,' and in 2025, the detached house renovation VC business 'DUUO,' expanding its housing VC operations.