Golden Greats: Unveiling the 2025 Gold Nugget Award Winners

Known as one of the oldest and most prestigious competitions in the industry, the Gold Nugget Awards have recognized top innovators in design, planning, and development for over 60 years.

The program announced its 2025 grand honorees at an awards ceremony June 11 in Anaheim, California, during PCBC, the Pacific Coast’s regional conference and trade show for real estate development.

This year’s competition drew 675 entries in over 60 categories, including single-family production, interior design, custom homes, multifamily, affordable, site planning, renovations, mixed-use, and commercial. Jurors selected several merit winners in each grouping and elevated one project to become the grand winner.

The judging panel included some of the industry’s top designers, planners, and builders: Signorelli Co.’s Royce Brooks; Danielian Associates’ John Danielian; McDonald Construction’s Carole Griffith, Bassenian Lagoni’s Mark Kiner; Zonda’s Steve Ladurantaye; and The Webb Group’s Joan and Larry Webb.

Below are the homes and communities of the year as well as a selection of grand winners in residential design:

Home of the Year: Firefly at Eagle Mountain – The Chamonix, Eagle Mountain, Utah
Builder: Candlelight Homes; Architect: DTJ Design

Residential Detached Collection of the Year: The Collection, Scottsdale, Arizona
Builder: Camelot Homes; Architect: Forest Studio

Master-Planned Community of the Year: Sereno Canyon, Scottsdale, Arizona
Builder/Developer: Toll Brothers; Architect: SWABACK

Best Single-Family Detached Home, Under 2,000 Square Feet: Thornton Creek Commons, Seattle
Builder: The Cottage Co.; Architect: Wenzlau Architects

Best Single-Family Detached Home, 2,500 to 3,000 Square Feet: Novato at Del Sol Plan 5, Ventura, California
Builder: Shea Homes; Architect: WHA Architects Planners Designers

Best Single-Family Detached Home, 3,001 to 3,499 Square Feet: The Canvas at Cotino, Rancho Mirage, California
Builder: Davidson Communities; Architect: DAHLIN Group

Best Single-Family Detached Home, 3,500 to 4,000 Square Feet: SkyVu Residence 5, Henderson, Nevada
Builder: Christopher Homes; Architect: KTGY

Best Single-Family Detached Home, Over 4,000 Square Feet: Sereno Canyon – The Windgate, Scottsdale, Arizona
Builder: Toll Brothers; Architect: SDK Design Group/Toll Architecture

Best Community Land Plan: The Aurora Highlands, Aurora, Colorado
Developer: The Aurora Highlands; Planner: Norris Design

Best Built-For-Rent Community Product Design: Seneca at Southern Highlands, Las Vegas
Developer/Builder: Christopher Homes | Seneca; Architect: KTGY

To see the full list of grand winners, please visit the PCBC website.