This year, the Gold Nugget Awards is celebrating six decades of recognizing those who improve communities through exceptional concepts in design, planning, and development. From single-family production and custom homes to multifamily and affordable developments, the annual awards program, presented during PCBC, the Pacific Coast’s regional conference and trade show for real estate development, garnered 640 entries in 2023 and a slew of merit and grand awards in more than 50 categories.
“The Gold Nugget Award winners reflect our industry’s best, brightest, and most innovative architects, designers, and builder/developers,” notes Lisa Parrish, judging chairman and ceremonies administrator for the program. “The 2023 winners prove the beauty of design.”
The judging panel featured some of the most talented designers, planners, and builders in the industry, including Paul Brady, principal at Godden | Sudik Architects; Mollie Carmichael, principal at Zonda Advisory; Steven Dewan, senior principal at Bassenian Lagoni; Anne Postle, principal/senior partner at Osmosis Architecture; Kaylee Smith, real estate executive; and Eric Zuziak, partner and president at JZMK Partners.
Below, read more about the Home of the Year, the Residential Detached Collection of the Year, the Master-Planned Community of the Year, and three other projects that were honored as grands in their respective categories.
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Camelot Homes’ Cavallo Plan Earns 2023 Gold Nugget Home of the Year
The roughly 6,000-square-foot plan in the builder's Bronco community was designed by architect Bob White.
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Laguna Row’s Three-Story Homes Optimize Privacy, Sunlight, and Views
The project by Brett Farrow Architect replaced an underutilized site with classic California coastal modern row homes.
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Modern, Family-Style Meyer Plan Highlights Canyon Surroundings
The one-story plan features 14-foot ceilings in the great room, kitchen, and dining area and a covered patio to promote indoor-outdoor living.
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Natural Light Abounds Inside the One-of-A-Kind Mockingbird Home
Each elegant space of the 6,460-square-foot luxury project, built by Arcadia Custom Homes, is connected by glass halls.
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Vue Palm Springs Exhibits Desert Modernism with Smooth Stucco
Built by GHA Cos. and designed by Woodley Architectural Group, the collection is part of a 46-home gated community in Palm Springs, California.
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Westhaven Master Plan Promotes Sense of Community and Walkability
Each home in the community features a front porch meant for gathering.
To view a complete list of the 2023 Gold Nugget winners, please visit the PCBC website.
