San Diego Magazine’s Home + Design Awards 2026

San Diego Magazine’s annual Home + Design Awards returned for its third year with nearly 200 nominations from innovative architects, developers, designers, and other industry pros across the country. To select the top projects from a broad range of categories—including interior and exterior residential design, commercial design, overall home design, and student submissions—we tapped a panel of expert judges.

Daniela Deutsch works as dean of the School of Architecture at the NewSchool of Architecture & Design, Megan Groth is an architect and urbanist and the author of the civic-minded local guidebook Places We Love: San Diego Tijuana, Jeff Walker sells SoCal’s historic and unique homes as the founder and broker of Agents of Architecture, Inc., and entrepreneur Kristy Kropat serves as the President-Elect of the SD Chapter of the American Society of Interior Design.

Our readers weighed in, too, voting on the spaces and designs that wow’ed them. Take a moment to explore the awardees here and marvel at San Diego’s outstanding design community.

San Diego Magazine’s Home + Design Winners 2026

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Judges’ Choice

Commercial Design: Restaurant

Design Perspectives/Tina Marie Koch — Communion

Full Home Interior or Exterior: Exterior

Nakhshab Development & Design — Cardiff Residence

Full Home Interior or Exterior: Interior

Julie Crosby Design — Esperia

Residential Exterior Design: Exterior Renovation

GroundLevel Landscape Architecture — Private Residence

Residential Interior Design: Living/Family Room

Esteban Interiors — Project Coastal Luxury

Student Submissions: All Student Designs

Danielle Seipel/Mesa College — Chapter House

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Readers’ Choice

Commercial Design: Bar

Design Perspectives/Tina Marie Koch — Communion

Commercial Design: Coffee Shop/Cafe

Tiger Veil/Rachel Larraine Crawford — Aura Gardens

Commercial Design: Event Venue

AAHA Studio — Wedgwood Weddings at The Headquarters

Commercial Design: Hotel/Resort Lobby

Kevin & Alvin Monsour, Owners or Oram Hotels | Erika Baker, Leader Designer & Creative Director at Oram Hotels — Granger Hotel

Commercial Design: Office Interior Design

PGAL — Bioterra

Commercial Design: Restaurant

Bells + Whistles — Starlite

Commercial Design: Retail

Unscripted Spaces — Unscripted Spaces Design Showroom

Full Home Interior or Exterior: Interior

LS Design Studio — La Jolla Spanish Revival

Full Home Interior or Exterior: Exterior

Dwell West Homes — Estrella Del Mar

Residential Exterior Design: ADU

VisionDesign Associates — Deitz ADU

Residential Exterior Design: Backyard Landscaping

Greenway Landscape Design & Build — Poway Modern Backyard

Residential Exterior Design: Exterior Renovation

GroundLevel Landscape Architecture — Private Residence

Residential Exterior Design: Front Yard Landscaping

Brookside Landscape Design — Nevada

Residential Exterior Design: Outdoor Kitchen and BBQ

K2 Interiors / Designer: Kendra Araujo — One-of-a-Kind Outdoor

Residential Exterior Design: Pool/Spa Design

Greenway Landscape Design & Build — Poway Pool & Patio Remodel

Residential Interior Design: Bathroom

The Bureau/Claire Deutsch — Claire Deutsch

Residential Interior Design: Bedroom

Esteban Interiors — Project Tailored Historic

Residential Interior Design: Dining Room

Mark Stocker Design — Olivenhain, CA

Residential Interior Design: Home Office

Laura Abrams Design — Moody Office

Residential Interior Design: Kitchen

The Bureau/Claire Deutsch — Claire Deutsch

Residential Interior Design: Living/Family Room

Dwell West Homes — Estrella Del Mar

Residential Interior Design: Staircase

Savvy Interiors, Susan Wintersteen — Spanish modern staircase

Residential Interior Design: Unique Spaces (Laundry Room, Entryways, Hallways, Etc.)

Keri Michelle Interiors — Villa Serena Laundry Room

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Student Submissions

Danielle Seipel/Mesa College — Chapter House

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