Press

We wish to express our gratitude to all the magazines, editors and designers that have featured and continue to feature our work!


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.

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.

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.

Look Inside a Modern Version of a Classic Parisian Home in PV

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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/

Storybook Style - A Whimsical Estate in Yuma, AZ

The winter edition of Phoenix Home & Garden Magazine features one of the most “magical” houses we’ve ever designed. Homeowner Jane recalls, “When we were planning this house, I knew there needed to be a surprise around every corner. A home should exude happiness—and I wanted to look up and down and see something new all the time.”

“When Jane and her husband Troy, a produce farmer, decided to build their house on a piece of land in the middle of their Yuma farm field, her fictitious mouse friend Philoneous was part of the design inspiration, helped along by Jane’s artistic talents. The resulting 14,000-square-foot, five-bedroom home resembles a gracious Italian villa, surrounded by lush gardens. Inside, the warm and cozy interior is filled with Jane’s artwork and frescoes, plus rich millwork that displays collections of everything from religious iconography to ceramics. There’s also a sumptuous built-in mouse house for Philoneous, pictured below.

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Remodel in Phoenix Home & Garden's "Smaller Spaces" Issue

On stands now, Phoenix Home & Garden Magazine’s August issue features “Smaller Spaces: Making Every Square Foot Count”. Our featured PV home is only 2,410 sq. feet and was remodeled and reimagined inside and out by Mark Candelaria and Tim Mathewson into a floor plan that really opened up the cramped, outdated design and mixed timeless elements with organic materials.

Wait until you see the before and after photos on this house! View the article digitally by clicking below or pick up your copy on newsstands today.

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Candelaria Design Named "Best Architect Firm" by AZ Foothills Magazine

May is off to a good start as AZ Foothills Magazine’s "Best of Our Valley" issue was published and Candelaria Design was named "Best Architect Firm"!

During this unique time, AZ Foothills is giving everyone free access to this month’s digital issue so everyone can see the best of our local businesses. Click either image below to view the digital copy.