The Greater Houston Builders Association celebrated local homebuilders and developers at its annual Houston’s Best PRISM Awards on Oct. 10.
Royal Texan Homes earned the Grand Award — the evening’s highest honor — for Custom Builder of the Year, ahead of finalists Fifty Seventh & 7th Luxury Homes and Mesken LLC.
Newmark Homes, meanwhile, earned the Grand Award for Production Builder of the Year, with finalists Empire Communities, J. Patrick Homes and Beazer Homes, while Caldwell Communities was named Developer of the Year for the fourth year in a row, ahead of finalists AIRIA Development Company and Ellison Development.
Among more specific categories, Royal Texan Homes won seven additional awards for custom homebuilding, including:
- Custom Home Design $750,000 to $1 Million
- Custom Home Design Under $500,000
- Custom Home Elevation $1 Million to $1.5 Million
- Custom Home Elevation $750,000 to $1 Million
- Custom Home Kitchen, Home Under $500,000
- Custom Home Outdoor Living Space
- Custom Home Bath, Home Under $500,000
Fifty Seventh & 7th Luxury Homes won six custom homebuilding awards, as well as two remodeling awards:
- Custom Home Design Over $1 Million
- Custom Home Design $500,000 to $750,000
- Custom Home Kitchen, Home Over $1.5 Million
- Custom Home Specialty Room, Home Over $1.5 Million
- Custom Home Townhome Product Design
- Custom Home Bath, Home $500,000 to $1 Million
- Remodeled Outdoor Living Space
- Remodeled Kitchen $50,000 to $100,000
Keechi Creek Builders won in four categories:
- Custom Home Design, $1 Million to $1.5 Million
- Custom Home Kitchen, Home $1 Million to $1.5 Million
- Custom Home Specialty Room, Home $1 Million to $1.5 Million
- Custom Home Bath, Home $1 Million to $1.5 Million
And Grand Award-finalist Mesken LLC won in two:
- Custom Home Design $1.5 Million to $2 Million
- Custom Home Bath, Home Over $1.5 Million
Other custom homebuilders to win awards included G & G Designs, which won for Custom Home Elevation $1.5 Million to $2 Million; On Point Custom Homes, which won for Custom Home Kitchen (Home $500,000 to $750,000) and Home Addition Over $150,000; Southern Green Builders, which won for Custom Home Elevation $500,000 to $750,000; Story Built Homes, which won for Custom Home Kitchen (Home $750,000 to $1 Million) and Custom Home Specialty Room (Home Under $1 Million); and Texas Elite Custom Homes, which won for Custom Home Elevation Over $2 Million.
Among production builders, Grand Award-winner Newmark Homes, as well as its luxury arm, Fedrick Harris, won in nine categories, including:
- Home Product Design Over $800,000
- Family Room
- Specialty Room
- Semi-Custom Product Design
- Semi-Custom Front Elevation
- Interior Merchandising of a Model Home, Over $800,000
- Outdoor Living Space, Over $700,000
- Interior Merchandising of a Model Home, $400,000 to $500,000
- Interior Merchandising of a Model Home, $500,000 to $600,000
Empire Homes won in three categories:
- Product Design $250,000 to $300,000
- Townhome Product Design
- Primary Bedroom
Beazer Homes won in two:
- Product Design $400,000 to $500,000
- Product Design $300,000 to $350,000
As did J. Patrick Homes:
- Product Design $600,000 to $800,000
- Bath
Addition production builders to win specific category awards included Ravenna Homes, which won for Product Design $500,000 to $600,000 and Kitchen; David Weekley Homes, which won for Outdoor Living Space (Under $700,000); Drees Custom Homes, which won for Interior Merchandising of a Model Home ($600,000 to $800,000); and M/I Homes, which won for Product Design $350,000 to $400,000.
In development categories, Grand winner Caldwell Communities won three awards:
- Master-Planned Community Landscape Design for The Highlands
- Master-Planned Community Amenity for The Chapel in Chambers Creek
- Sales Information Center for The Highlands
Additional noteworthy development awards included Shea Homes, which won Best Community for Evergreen, and Starwood Land, which won Best Master-Planned Community for Sunterra.
Other developers to win awards included AIRIA Development Company, which won Model Home Park Design for Colton; Ellison Development, which won Community Entrance for William Trails; and Hillwood Communities, which won Community Amenity of the Year for The Zone in Pomona.
For the full list of winners, view the 2026 Winner’s Guide.