Candelaria Design received 3 awards at the third annual Design 9 Awards last night hosted by Modern Luxury Interiors! Our winning projects were Best Outdoor Space, Best Traditional Home and Best Bathroom and they are featured in the Nov/Dec issue below.
Press
We wish to express our gratitude to all the magazines, editors and designers that have featured and continue to feature our work!
Iconic Design Awards 2025
Our team was honored to win 8 Iconic Awards for 3 of our recent custom home projects in the Interior & Architecture categories. The event was a beautiful soiree coordinated by Publisher Renee Dee at The Scottsdale Performing Arts Center.
Phoenix Home & Garden: Farm & Table
Our favorite Santa Barbara-inspired Family Farm in Paradise Valley is featured in the October/Nov issue of Phoenix Home & Garden Magazine out now. This 8,500sf home is set on 5 acres in the heart of Paradise Valley and has space for the whole family, friends and animals to gather. The article is aptly titles Farm & Table as the entire home was designed with animals and entertaining in mind.
The couple wanted a home where their friends and pets could all come hangout and not have to worry about the home getting wrecked. They also wanted a barn out back to house goats, chickens and pigs and a pond with ducks. In addition, the backyard also has a resort-style pool, spa and pavilion, a large outdoor dining and living area, outdoor kitchen, putting green, firepit and plenty of lawn space.
A Love for the Wild West Inspired This Elegant Prescott Home | Phoenix Home & Garden
"A rustic family retreat makes the most of its pristine setting." Atop a bluff north of Prescott, this rustic ranch home blends reclaimed wood, stone and steel with modern amenities. Expansive living areas are coupled with cozy rooms and behind the bar you'll find a stone tunnel leading to an underground speakeasy! “This house is all about making memories” says the homeowners. Read more in the June+July issue of Phoenix Home & Garden Magazine linked below.
Architects: Mark Candelaria & Rebecca Roe Builder: Dan Boylan, DLB Landscape: Greey|Pickett
Modern Luxury Scottsdale: Power Players
NAHB International Builders Show & 3 BALA Awards
Mark spent a few days in Las Vegas last week to attend the 2025 NAHB International Builders’ Show® (IBS) and to receive a few awards at the Best In American Living Awards ceremony!
This year was the largest Builders’ Show in 17 years, with over 81k building professionals and 1.8k exhibitors. The Convention Center spans 2,500,000 sqft. and Mark racked up over 40,000 steps in three days! Mark would like to send a special thank you to Tim Walker of Marvin Windows for providing him a ticket to the convention.
The culminating event was the BALA Awards celebrating the best in home building and design across North America. Candelaria Design took home Gold for Best Specialty Room and Best Primary Suite and Silver for Best Custom Home 7,000-10,000 sqft!! Such a fun night networking with other top architects and showing off our team’s hard work!
Modern Luxury Interiors Scottsdale ~ Design 9 Issue
We have been names one of nine winners in the second annual Design 9 Awards by Modern Luxury Interiors Scottsdale Magazine! Our Santa Barbara inspired home set on 5 acres in Paradise Valley won for Best Outdoor Living and features a pool, spa, animal barn, pond, putting green, garden, covered patios and more. Click below to view the digital issue.
Iconic Design Awards 2024
Iconic Life Magazine's 2nd Annual Iconic Design Awards Ceremony took place last weekend at Scottsdale Center for the Arts SMOCA. Both of our submissions won in the Best Transitional Custom Home over 7,500 sf category!
The Iconic award went to our 19,000sf modern Italian Villa in the heart of Paradise Valley. The Gold Award went to our Santa Barbara/Spanish Colonial Revival style ranch home set on 5 acres, also in the heart of Paradise Valley.
Our projects also won Silver in On the Boards more than 7,500sf for a Kitchen design and the Iconic Award for Best Dining Room for our Joshua Tree Spec home in PV.
Iconic Life: A Quarter Century of Candelaria Design
The local luxury magazine Iconic Life has featured a beautiful spread in their September issue showcasing some of our more recent projects and celebrating our 25th Anniversary. Thank you for your partnership and support as well Iconic Team!
Phoenix Home & Garden Feature
Mark & Isabel Candelaria teamed up for a remodel of their dear friends’ new home in Paradise Valley. Read about the design inspiration and process in December’s issue of Phoenix Home & Garden Magazine or digitally below.
Five Iconic Design Awards
Five Candelaria Design projects received awards in various categories at the inaugural Iconic Awards this winter!
Arcadia Parisian VIP Home
This recently completed custom residence was designed for a large, blended family in the heart of Arcadia, AZ was the VIP home on Phoenix Home & Garden Magazine’s annual Home Tour. The design seamlessly unites the charm of a French chateau with the allure of Arizona’s breathtaking landscapes. The home sits on a nearly one-acre rectangular lot adjacent to Camelback Mountain. Indoor/outdoor living is celebrated through pocketing glass walls, side-by-side fireplaces and meticulously manicured English garden spaces with layered greens, flowers and a fountain.
Sources for Design Magazine: Icons Mark & Isabel Candelaria
Husband & wife Mark & Isabel are featured in the 35th issue of Sources for Design Magazine’s Icon Issue! They will be honored along with 7 other design teams for their residential remodel of a dated Paradise Valley home at the Magazine’s Premier Party September 7th in Scottsdale. Take a look at the beautiful feature below.
An English-Country Style Estate is Reborn
Growing up in Central Phoenix, this home had always caught the eye of future homeowner Alex Stark. Years later, she married builder Rick Stark of Starion Custom Residences and they purchased this historical home from 1947. While a lot of work was needed, they wanted to keep as many original materials and details as possible. So the Starks together with Architect Meredith Thomson reconfigured the floor plan, raised the ceilings, added a pool, a covered patio and a detached garage to transform this historic cottage into a fabulous family home for generations to come!
Read more about this amazing project in the August/September issue of Phoenix Home & Garden Magazine!
Sentimental Santa Barbara
Our Santa Barbara style home lead by architect Meredith Thompson, AIA is in the current issue of Phoenix Home & Garden Magazine. Together with beautiful interiors by Earth and Images , exterior by landscape by Creative Environments and builder West Construction, this dated 4,800 sq. ft. ranch home became a beautiful Santa Barbara style stunner!!
This special home was once the current owner's childhood home/lot, so when it went up for sale she jumped on buying it and making it her forever future-family home! The house was very outdated at this point however and didn't take advantage of the amazing views, so together we decided to build a new, custom home. This allowed us to change the floor plan, update everything and angle the house to open up the views of Camelback Mountain and the downtown Phoenix skyline. Parts of the original home that the homeowner loved were kept and incorporated to the new design, such as doorknobs, lighting fixtures, and other elements that reminded her of her childhood home. For the redesign, the clients wanted a Santa Barbara style home with lots of beautiful details and courtyards that our firm is known for. The home is beautiful while also a functional family home for the next generation.
Home Builder Digest's 19 Best Residential Architects in Arizona 2021
Phoenix Home & Garden October Issue: Doctors' Orders
Meticulous planning yields an elegant PV home home that reflects the style and cultures of a pair of physicians. The cardiologist couple didn’t just lead with their hearts when planning the design of their dream home, they took a rational, scientific approach to how they wanted to live. Their needs included a home their two teenage boys could live comfortably, formal entertaining areas, work-from-home spaces, and outdoor areas. Architects Mark Candelaria and Tim Mathewson from Candelaria Design seamlessly incorporated all of the clients needs and their wants into this beautiful Mediterranean Estate.
3D Printed Home - First Ever in United States
The custom, single-story home, currently under construction on a lot owned by the City of Tempe, combines 3D printing and traditional construction to create an innovative model for the future: a scalable, cost-effective homeownership solution to address the affordable housing crisis facing communities nationwide.
Designed by the world-renowned team at Candelaria Design, the new 3D-printed home project is a single-family home with three bedrooms, and two baths. The livable space is 1,738 square feet, and the total project is 2,433 square feet. 70 – 80% of the home is 3D printed, including all internal and external walls. The remainder of the house is a traditional build.
“This is really a moonshot opportunity for Habitat for Humanity Central Arizona,” said Jason Barlow, President and CEO of Habitat Central Arizona. “When we consider the housing issues facing Arizona, the need for affordable homeownership solutions becomes clear. If we can deliver decent, affordable, more energy-efficient homes at less cost, in less time and with less waste, we think that could be a real game-changer. Think of the implications.”
The home has received lots of local and national coverage and is expected to be read for move in late October, 2021.
Phoenix Home & Garden April Article: Classic, with a Twist
Long time subscribers of Phoenix Home & Gardens Magazine, this family was thrilled to have their new home featured in the magazine! We transformed a 2,400sf. 1970s Ranch home into this 6,100sf. Italian-style villa for a family of five.
Look Inside a Modern Version of a Classic Parisian Home in PV
Architect Mark Candelaria, a 2005 Masters of the Southwest award winner, walks us through a French Transitional style home in the heart of Paradise Valley, AZ. Mark notes that the two-story residence features a number of French Revival details, including vaulted ceilings, paneled walls and traditional millwork combined with contemporary details and stunning views of Camelback Mountain.
Inside, award-winning interior designer Isabel Dellinger Candelaria creates a modernized version of a classic Parisian home infused with light and sophistication. Read Phoenix Home & Garden’s full story on this home here: https://www.phgmag.com/queen-of-the-castle/