Press + Awards

A catalogue of our work featured in various publications and awards. Magazine articles, tv shows, awards and other press highlighting our award-winning architecture firm.


Best in American Living Awards

Mark & Tiffany Candelaria traveled to Orlando last week to attend the 2026 NAHB International Builders’ Show® (IBS) and to receive a few awards at the Best In American Living Awards ceremony!

This is the largest Builders’ Show with over 81k building professionals and nearly 2k exhibitors. Over the three days we had the chance to visit many of the companies booth’s we currently work with and learn about many new companies and products as well!

The culminating event was the BALA Awards celebrating the best in multi-family and custom home building and design across North America. Candelaria Design took home Gold for Best Primary Suite and Silver for two homes in the Best Custom Home 10,000+ sf categories! It was a great night networking with other top builders and architects and showing off our team’s hard work - congrats to all!

Watch our videos on Instagram & facebook @candelariadesign to see the show and awards ceremony.

Modern Luxury Interiors Design 9 Awards

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.

Best Outdoor Space

Best Traditional Home

Forty Years of Architectural Excellence

November’s issue of Green Living Magazine features a profile piece on Mark Candelaria, AIA, as he celebrates four decades of client-focused residential and commercial architecture — including green-inspired projects. Read about Mark’s young start as an artist and architect and how he grew into the well-known and loved talent he is today.