2026 Haciendas Parade of Homes: A Look Back at This Year’s Winners

Another Haciendas: A Parade of Homes is in the books, and after spending a good portion of the past two weekends hosting at one of this year’s entries, we got to experience the Parade a little differently this time around.

The annual Santa Fe Parade of Homes is one of our favorite opportunities to see what local builders, architects and designers are doing — not just the big architectural statements, but the details: how homes respond to our landscape, how functional are their kitchens and outdoor spaces, and the different ways traditional Santa Fe materials and forms continue to evolve.

This year, we got to experience all of that from the other side of the front door.

9 Tierra Antigua

We co-hosted several open houses during the Parade at 9 Tierra Antigua, a newly completed home by Arete Homes of Santa Fe in the new Tierra Antigua community northwest of town, for sale by our Corcoran Plaza Properties colleagues Tom Abrams and Shak Banihashemi.

And, as it happens, we spent a good portion of the time stationed in pretty good room: 9 Tierra Antigua took home the 2026 award for Best Kitchen.

The kitchen is at the center of the home both literally and figuratively, with natural quartzite countertops and backsplash, custom white oak cabinetry, GE Monogram appliances and a large island that opens directly into the great room. From there, the living space extends outside to more than 1,100 square feet of covered portals, including an outdoor kitchen.

It was fun watching people discover the house for the first time — and especially watching which details made them stop, turn around and take another look. The olive green wall in the kitchen was an absolute show stopper.

The first weekend was busy. We had a steady stream of people coming through, and at times the house felt almost like an event unto itself. The second weekend was noticeably sleepier, but I actually enjoyed the change of pace. With fewer people coming through at once, there was time for much longer and more detailed conversations.

Over the course of the Parade I talked with tourists who were simply curious about Santa Fe homes, people actively considering a move here, local buyers, builders and other industry professionals, and plenty of Santa Fe residents who just love architecture and wanted to see what was new.

That mix is part of what makes the Parade so much fun. Not everyone walking through the door is looking for a house. Some are looking for design ideas. Some want to see what builders are doing differently. Some are architecture obsessives. Some are neighbors. And some are trying to figure out whether Santa Fe might become home.

I had a great time talking with all of them.

The 2026 Haciendas Parade of Homes Winners

Of course, 9 Tierra Antigua wasn’t the only home recognized this year. The Santa Fe Area Home Builders Association honored some of the best work in the 2026 Parade across five categories.

Grand Hacienda: Tierra Concepts

The top honor of the year went to Tierra Concepts, which received the 2026 Grand Hacienda Award.

The Grand Hacienda is the Parade’s signature award, recognizing a project that stands out across the broader spectrum of architecture, design, execution and craftsmanship.

Best Kitchen: Arete Homes of Santa Fe

Arete Homes of Santa Fe received Best Kitchen for 9 Tierra Antigua, the home where I spent much of the Parade.

Having watched hundreds of people move through the space over two weekends, this one wasn’t particularly difficult to understand. The kitchen manages to feel polished without being precious and substantial without overwhelming the rest of the house. More importantly, it works naturally as part of the larger living and entertaining space rather than feeling like a showpiece dropped into the middle of it.

Best Outdoor Living: Prull Custom Builders

Prull Custom Builders took home the award for Best Outdoor Living.

That’s a particularly relevant category in Santa Fe, where some of the most important “rooms” in a house aren’t technically rooms at all. Portals, courtyards and outdoor living areas are fundamental to the way we live here, especially when they’re designed around views, shade, changing light and our relatively dramatic swings in temperature throughout the day.

Best Primary Suite: Zachary & Sons Homes

The award for Best Primary Suite went to Zachary & Sons Homes.

Primary suites have evolved well beyond the oversized-bedroom-and-bath formula, particularly at the custom end of the Santa Fe market. The best examples now function more like private retreats within the larger home, with careful attention paid to natural light, privacy, views and the transition between indoor and outdoor space.

Artisan Award: Prull Custom Builders

Prull Custom Builders received a second honor with the 2026 Artisan Award, recognizing the kind of craftsmanship and attention to detail that has always been a defining part of Santa Fe’s building tradition.

That’s something I think the Parade does especially well. It’s easy to focus on architecture from a distance, but walking through these houses gives you the opportunity to get close enough to appreciate the plaster, stone, cabinetry, metalwork, tile and other details that often require an enormous amount of skill to execute.

What I Took Away From the 2026 Parade

One of the things I appreciate about the Haciendas Parade of Homes is that it provides a snapshot of where Santa Fe architecture and home design are at a particular moment.

There isn’t one answer.

Traditional Pueblo forms remain very much alive, but they’re continually being reinterpreted. Contemporary homes are borrowing the warmth and texture of traditional Santa Fe materials. Kitchens continue to become more integrated with living and outdoor spaces. And the connection between a home and its site — the mountains, sky, sunlight and landscape — remains one of the defining characteristics of building here.

But spending this year’s Parade at one house also reminded me of something that’s easy to lose when we’re talking about architecture and real estate: houses are ultimately about people.

I could point out a beautiful material or clever design detail to someone, but what usually followed was a conversation about how they would live there. Where they’d have coffee in the morning. Where everyone would gather when friends came over. Whether their art would fit on a particular wall. Which windows they’d be looking out to see sunset over the mountains.

Those were easily my favorite conversations of the two weekends.

Congratulations to Tierra Concepts, Arete Homes of Santa Fe, Prull Custom Builders and Zachary & Sons Homes, along with the architects, designers, craftspeople, trades and homeowners behind this year’s entries.

And thanks to everyone who stopped by 9 Tierra Antigua and spent some time talking with us. We had a blast.

If you missed the Parade but would like to see 9 Tierra Antigua, learn more about new construction in Santa Fe, or explore the different architectural styles and communities represented in this year’s Parade, get in touch with us at FORM Santa Fe. We’d be happy to show you around.