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No other design award in Arizona matches the prestige of Phoenix Home & Garden Honors. For more than four decades, PH&G has celebrated the Southwest’s most visionary architects, designers, builders and landscape professionals—championing design excellence since 1980.
CATEGORIES
RESIDENTIAL DESIGN
Home of the Year
Celebrates homes that achieve harmony across architecture, interior design and landscape. Projects should feel cohesive, luxurious and beautifully executed.
Best Residential Architecture Project
Original residential architecture that reflects creativity, style and client lifestyle.
Remodel/Renovation
Recognizes transformative renovations that elevate style, functionality and value. Before and after photos are required.
Kitchen Design
Functional, innovative and visually striking kitchens that serve as the heart of the home.
Bathroom Design
Luxurious, practical and visually compelling bathrooms designed for comfort and style.
Luxury Closet Design
Celebrates beautifully designed, functional and luxurious storage spaces. Entries should highlight layout, materials, custom features and innovative solutions.
Legacy Residential Architecture Project
Recognizing a career-defining project from an architect’s body of work. Projects completed between 2005-2015 are eligible and should exemplify enduring architectural design.
LANDSCAPE & OUTDOOR LIVING
Residential Landscape
Combines front and backyard landscaping with functional outdoor living elements such as patios, kitchens and other amenities. Recognizes creativity and seamless Arizona outdoor living.
Legacy Landscape Project
Recognizes a career-defining project from a landscape designer or landscape architect’s portfolio. Recent photography of mature projects completed between 2005-2020 should exemplify lasting design impact and excellence.
Pool Design
Showstopping pools that are innovative, visually striking and integrated with their surrounding landscape.
COMMERCIAL
Best Commercial Project
Public or commercial interiors and exteriors that combine functionality, brand identity and exceptional user experience. Includes office buildings, hotels, restaurants and retail spaces.
JUDGES
Our 2026 judging panel includes nationally recognized leaders in architecture, design and editorial excellence.
Jose Achi
Southern California Institute of Architecture-trained architect and designer with a luxury residential and interiors background, known for a refined aesthetic shaped by East and West Coast influences and experience at Clodagh Design and AD100 firm S. Russell Groves.
Julia Buckingham Vikander
Award-winning interior designer and author of Modernique®, with internationally recognized residential, commercial and product design work.
Brad Mee
Editor-at-large of Utah Style & Design, executive editor for Boca Raton Magazine and Salt Lake Magazine and author of Design is in the Details.
Charles Pavarini
Charles Pavarini’s decades of experience, former career in theater, and extraordinary creativity have made him a trend-setting interior designer, fluent in many design styles. Recognized worldwide by the design community for both residential and commercial architectural interior design, his work is consistently highlighted with intricate lighting design elements and brilliant technological innovation.
FAQs
Have questions? Here’s everything you need to know before submitting your project.
What is the timeframe for submissions?
Submissions for the 2026 Phoenix Home & Garden Honor has closed.
How do I submit?
Submissions for the 2026 Phoenix Home & Garden Honor has closed.
What makes a project eligible for entry?
Projects must be within the state of Arizona and completed between March 2024 and March 2026 (with exceptions noted above for Legacy Residential Project and Legacy Landscape Project categories). Entries previously submitted to or published in other Arizona-based awards or media are eligible. Previous “Honors” award winning entries are ineligible.
What is the entry fee structure?
$200 for first entry
$175 for all subsequent entries
Is there a limit to how many projects I can enter?
There is no limit. However, each project may be entered in no more than five categories. For consistency, please use the same project title for entries in multiple categories.
What do I need to include with my submission?
A brief 300-word description explaining why this project deserves recognition for each relevant category. Please write in complete sentences, not bullet points. Include relevant design principal information and credits, including first and last names, company names and websites/phone or emails (This information will not be visible to judges). Please ensure photos correspond with the category for which you are submitting. Failure to do so may result in disqualification.
What are the photography requirements?
Submit 1–7 professionally shot photos (JPEG or TIFF, 300 dpi, at least 2,000 pixels wide). Include photographer credit in the file name or description. Max 30MB per image. Renderings are not permitted. Projects that are poorly photographed may be disqualified.
What is the judging process?
All submissions are reviewed anonymously by an independent national panel. Judges’ decisions are final and will be announced in April 2026.
What do entrants win if selected?
Winners will be featured in the June/July 2026 issue of Phoenix Home & Garden and across our digital and social media platforms. Each will receive a custom trophy and a marketing toolkit, including a branded badge and digital assets.
The Legal Part.
With each entry you must certify that you own complete rights for publication in print and online. Images and text from winning entries become the property of Cities West Media, which retains legal/publishing rights for editorial usage after close of submissions, including in our print publications, website and on social media and to promote future Phoenix Home & Garden Honors awards.
How do I find help if I experience challenges in submitting my projects?
If you have any questions on the entry process please contact phg-honors@phgmag.com.