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Any advice on which second degree I should get, Architecture, or interior design. Im a General Contractor.?

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1. Of course this depends on a lot of factors, the most important of which are where your interests lie and where your potential is the greatest. However, all things being equal I would say that a certification in interior design would be a better complement to a general contractor's business line than a degree in architecture. Presuming that you have your own business or plan on starting one, this would give you a greater variety of offered skills that might be marketed to a similar group of customers to those you already have. Basically, however, it comes down to this (overly simplistic diagram). The process is sorta like this: architecture --> general contractor --> interior design which means you can do either: [architecture --> general contractor] --> interior design or: architecture --> [general contractor --> interior design] Upto you, of course. Good luck.
2. Architecture, which could also include a course package in interior design. An architect can do interior design, even to the point of designing the furniture and what-not, but an interior designer can't go the other way. Also get your LEEDs AP certification and try to design structures with a net-zero energy usage level. It can be done and has been done.