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.

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!