Mark Candelaria Homes: Designs for Inspired Living

Mark Candelaria Homes: Designs for Inspired Living by Brown, David. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780764365218.

Gorgeous photographs and floor plans provide a rare peek into 12 ultra-high-end homes by Scottsdale, Arizona, architect Mark Candelaria Arizona-based architect Mark Candelaria is recognized for his timeless luxury designs and signature style rooted in classical form and functionality. In Mark Candelaria Homes, the architect presents 12 pivotal residential projects from the past decade and pulls back the curtain to share the stories behind them. Each project is accompanied by full-color photographs, floor plans, and sketches. The book brims with design ideas for every taste, from a Spanish colonial-influenced house on axis with views of Arizonas Mummy Mountain, to a reimagined historic English Tudor, to a modernist home inspired by ranch haciendas. Candelaria describes the design process with many personal anecdotes, illustrating that the design of a home should be fun and result not just in a set of plans but a backdrop to living ones best life. Being an avid traveler and hobbyist chef, Candelaria includes a recipe with each house that was many times prepared for, or with, the client in their new kitchen as a grand finale.