Praxis Builders Competitors

The air feels cleaner. The temperature’s just right. The house is quiet in a way that makes you breathe differently. That’s what it’s like to live in a home built by BPC. We design and build high-performance homes that go beyond aesthetics or energy savings—homes that support how people want to live. Our approach blends measurable building science with practical experience and long-view craftsmanship. The result is comfort you can feel, performance you can verify, and a home that lasts. Whether you’re a homeowner, architect, or developer, you can lean on us to deliver clarity, precision, and process integrity from day one. We work best when brought in early, collaborating with design teams to align details, budgets, and performance targets before plans are locked. We’ve earned a reputation—especially among architects—for being the builder who can actually pull it off. Building enclosure complexity? We’re fluent. Passive House or Zero Energy? That’s our baseline. Budget refinement and value-engineering without compromising performance? Every project. We’re serve Western MA, CT, and beyond. Our long-term goal is broader than building homes—we’re helping raise the standard across the industry through training, consulting, and process innovation. If you’re building a home—or helping someone else build one—and want to get it right, we’d love to be part of the conversation.

Clarum has been pushing the envelope of sustainable, high-end building since 1994. The result: a portfolio of beautiful, efficient, and amazingly comfortable homes. Based in Palo Alto, we offer design-build and general contracting services for both new construction and extensive renovation projects. We use our decades of combined home building and design experience to build to the highest standards of quality and innovation. We’re dedicated to using eco-friendly practices and green building materials to create comfortable, healthy, and energy efficient homes for our customers. And we bend over backwards to provide exceptional client service, ongoing communication, and great listening skills throughout the home building process. At Clarum, we’re transforming the way custom homes are built.

Pura Vida High Performance Builders offers the Inland Northwest a mindful alternative to "business as usual" building. When Gavin's building career first started, he quickly realized that traditional building too often resulted in wasteful, impersonal, over-time and over-budget projects that seemingly ignored the client's needs as well as the energy efficiency he knew was required for the 21st century. Upon founding Pura Vida in 2008, Gavin sought out projects designed with energy efficiency as a priority and Pura Vida quickly earned a reputation for its client-centered process. Gavin began studying to become a Certified Passive House Consultant in 2011 after recognizing the sound building science coming out the Passive House standard developed in Germany, and later became a PHIUS Certified Builder. To this day, Gavin is one of a handful of individuals in North America with both distinctions. Pura Vida High Performance Builders maintains a strong working relationship with the region's best Architects and specialized Trade Partners. Pura Vida's team of high-craft carpenters, with their century's worth of experience, routinely execute the details necessary for both a beautiful and High Performance build.