A Hawaii Home Built to Withstand a Hurricane Captures House of the Year Title A Hawaii Home Built to Withstand a Hurricane Captures House of the Year Title Voters of WSJ.com's 2020 competition cast more than 293,000 ballots, with this oceanfront property on Kauai's southern coast coming out on top published : 4 Feb 2021 at 04:00 34 The property sits on 0.75 acres and has roughly 500 feet of ocean frontage. (Photo: KRISTIN HOSHINO FOR THE WALL STREET JOURNAL) What is it about Hawaii that keeps House of the Year voters coming back for more? For the third consecutive year, a home from the Aloha state landed atop WSJ.com's annual House of the Year contest. Readers chose the winner from our 52 House of the Week victors, with a total of 293,180 votes cast.