Project Profiles
Small Residential
Diceman Modern Farmhouse
2021 Small Residential1st Runner-Up(People's Choice Winner) Buyers of new homes in Dallas got some sophisticated options when this "modern farmhouse" home was completed last year. The home is an off-site prototype model for an eight-home ICF community that is being...
Babylonian Villa
2021 Small ResidentialWinner After building with many of the products available in the ICF market, the builder, Ed Robak, designed and invented his own system, InsulaForm, which was used for all of the walls on this project. Located in Babylon, New York, this home was...
Williams Residence
2021 Small Residential2nd Runner-Up Project Statistics Location: Clinton, TennesseeType: Family HomeSize: 2,755 sq. ft. ICF Use: 3,249 sq. ft. Cost: $460,000Total Construction: 36 weeksICF Installation Time: 14 days Construction Team Owner: Ben and Rebecca...
Iowa Nest Residence
2020 Small ResidentialWinner The Iowa Nest Residence began with an ambitious goal: build a Net Zero Energy home on a conventional construction budget without compromising design.To achieve its energy goals, the home is built to Passive House standards, which includes...
Stid Hill House
2020 Small Residential2nd Runner-Up Stid Hill House is located in rural New York, about 100 miles east of Buffalo in the “Finger Lakes” region of the state. Vic Logan, who served as general contractor and ICF installer, is not a full-time construction professional,...
Phoenix Rising Fire Tower
2020 Small Residential1st Runner-Up Project Statistics Location: Broken Bow, OklahomaType: Vacation RentalSize: 1,900 sq. ft. (floor)ICF Use: 2,800 sq. ft. Cost: $130,000Total Construction: 40 weeksICF Installation Time: 18 days Construction Team Owner: A....
Eckland Residence
2019 Small Residential 1st Runner-Up This three-story, 2,700-sq.-ft. home in Southeast Alaska was designed and built to showcase the advantages of ICF construction. The owner, Doug Eckland, is an ICF distributor in the region, and built the home himself. It’s a...
Living Stone Lodge House
2019 Small Residential Winner Living Stone Lodge House is unique. Built on an Indian reservation in Twin Buttes, North Dakota, the polygonal house has sixteen wall segments, joined at 22.5 degree angles. Each block was custom cut onsite using a homemade jig, and...
Landry Residence
2019 Small Residential 2nd Runner-Up Parks ICF in Knoxville has been building with ICF for more than 20 years. One of their latest projects is this 2,315-sq.-ft. home, built completely from ICF. It used 2,784 sq. ft. of forming. Total build time on the house was...
Large Residential
Sofia Court
2021 Large Residential1st Runner-Up This Wallkill, New York, home has many green features: It's highly energy efficient, uses geothermal for all space conditioning, and is zero energy. Completed in April 2019, the homeowners finished the ICF installation of their...
Krafthaus
2021 Large ResidentialWinner Aside from its beauty, this Colorado Springs, Colorado, residence known as Krafthaus has another redeeming quality: It has a HERS Index score of -1. This remarkable feat results in an energy savings of $7,177 per year. The HERS score is a...
Martin Clark Residence
2021 Large Residential2nd Runner-Up Project Statistics Location: Louisville, KentuckyType: Family HomeSize: 5,622 sq. ft. ICF Use: 11,315 sq. ft. Cost: $775,000 including lotTotal Construction: 56 weeksICF Installation Time: 16 days Construction Team Owner: Martin...
Hurricane Harvey Rebuild
2020 Large Residential2nd Runner-Up When Hurricane Harvey roared ashore in August of 2017 as a Category 4 storm, it hit the Texas Gulf coast with wind speeds in excess of 130 mph. Days later, it flooded Houston with catastrophic amounts of rain. Causing more than $100...
Van Leeuwen Residence
2020 Large Residential1st Runner-Up Project Statistics Location: Aylmer, Ontario, CanadaType: Custom HomeSize: 4,800 sq. ft. (floor)ICF Use: 9,400 sq. ft. Cost: CAN $1.2 millionTotal Construction: 46 weeksICF Installation Time: 25 days Construction Team Fast Facts ...
Afton Home
2020 Large ResidentialWinner The Afton Home is a great example of “safe, sustainable, and beautiful;” a phrase that is also the tagline for ICF Homes of Virginia. The company was the general contractor for the construction of this 4,500-sq.-ft. custom home built in...
Green Casa Maryland
2019 Large ResidentialFinalistThis 5,200-sq.-ft. home in Maryland is a model home dedicated to showcasing sustainable building practices. The home certainly achieved that in a variety of ways, including having nearly no waste thrown away on site during the...
Florida Beach House
2019 Large Residential 1st Runner-Up The ICF industry hangs its hat on a few defining benefits; energy efficiency, ease of construction, and disaster resistance. The Florida Beach House is a shining example of all of these attributes. In addition, the home has already...
Karnavas Residence
2019 Large Residential Winner A large residential project in Cedar Hill, Texas, took first in its class in the annual ICF Builder Awards. Completed last November, the home wowed the judges with the technical complexity of the build, dramatic energy efficiency and...
Unlimited Residential
Swaroop Residence
2021 Unlimited Residential1st Runner-Up Project Statistics Location: Midlothian, VirginiaType: Family HomeSize: 8,000 sq. ft. ICF Use: 7,200 sq. ft.Cost: $1.3 millionTotal Construction: 76 weeksICF Installation Time: 90 days Construction Team Owner: Shankar...
Marek Residence
2021 Unlimited Residential2nd Runner-Up(People's Choice Winner) This stunning home unsurprisingly won the People's Choice Award in our inaugural 2021 award ceremony in the Unlimited Residential category. The home of Dr. Marek and Ewa G., in Franklin, Tennessee, is...
Cozzi Residence
2021 Unlimited ResidentialWinner Project Statistics Location: Fayetteville, GeorgiaType: Family HomeSize: 6,822 sq. ft. ICF Use: 4,950 sq. ft. Cost: $1.5 millionTotal Construction: 61 weeksICF Installation Time: 25 days Construction Team Owner: Chris and Gina...
The Pinnacle
2020 Unlimited Residential2nd Runner-Up The Pinnacle is an ultra-modern home with passive solar design, massive windows and a walkable rooftop terrace. It’s located on a lot overlooking a small lake in Komoka, a suburb of London in southwest Ontario, Canada. “There is...
Godfrey Virginia Beach
2020 Unlimited ResidentialWinner Project Statistics Location: Virginia Beach, VirginiaType: Custom HomeSize: 13,700 sq. ft. (floor)ICF Use: 11,000 sq. ft. Cost: $3.2 millionTotal Construction: 4 weeksICF Installation Time: 90 days Construction Team Owner:...
Williams Project
2020 Unlimited Residential1st Runner-Up Built on a hillside overlooking a beautiful Texas lake, this four-story custom home is an example of how beautiful, strong, energy efficient homes can be built to withstand extreme weather events without compromising on...
Orman Residence
2019 Unlimited Residential 1st Runner-Up Located at the top of a gentle hill in Southern California, the Orman Residence showcases how ICFs can work with virtually any style of architecture to achieve a home that is energy efficient, disaster-resistant, and...
Chateau Nectar
2019 Unlimited Residential Winner One of the most stunning homes built anywhere in the world in recent years is the Chateau Nectar in Vaughan, Ontario. Located on a secluded lot in the suburbs north of Toronto, the home is a spectacular combination of modern...
Woodland Estate
2019 Unlimited Residential 2nd Runner-Up This luxury ranch house in the mountains of Utah matches the architecture of many of the surrounding residences. Underneath the finishes, though, is unmatched durability and efficiency. Located on a picturesque site in the...
Light Commercial
Delta Terra Square
2021 Light CommercialWinner Completed October 2020 for $475,000, Delta Terra Square office space in San Antonio, Texas, won our Light Commercial ICF Builder Award for a variety of reasons. The 2,400-square-foot office building used a total of 3,488 square feet of ICF...
Carlyle Fire Hall
2021 Light Commercial2nd Runner-Up The city of Carlyle in far southeastern Saskatchewan in Canada needed a new fire hall that was more modern, larger, and functional for years to come. They got all that and more with the new Carlyle Fire Hall, built using Amvic...
Hell Roaring Ranch
2021 Light Commercial1st Runner-Up Project Statistics Location: Stanley, IdahoType: Aircraft HangerSize: 4,500 sq. ft.ICF Use: 6,000 sq. ft.Cost: $1,100,000Total Construction: 30 weeksICF Installation Time: 24 days Construction Team Owner: Mike BorenGeneral...
CHUGACH POWDER GUIDES
2020 Light CommercialFinalist The Chugach Mountains, located just east of Anchorage, Alaska, have vast potential as a skier’s paradise, with 750,000 acres of skiable terrain and 700 average inches of powder snowfall each year. The area is virtually undeveloped—most of...
Warner Fire Rescue
2020 Light CommercialWinner Project Statistics Location: Warner, Hew HampshireType: Fire StationSize: 11,000 sq. ft. (floor)ICF Use: 12,000 sq. ft. Cost: 2.75 millionTotal Construction: 38 weeksICF Installation Time: 27 days Construction Team Owner: Town of...
Give Me Shelter Project
2020 Light Commercial1st Runner-Up Project Statistics Location: Belmont, New YorkType: Animal ShelterSize: 16,600 sq. ft. (floor)ICF Use: 10,700 sq. ft. Cost: 2.9 millionTotal Construction: 160 weeksICF Installation Time: 27 days Construction Team Owner: SPCA of...
Helena Shooting Range
2020 Light Commercial2nd Runner-Up Project Statistics Location: Helena, MontanaType: Firearm Practice FacilitySize: 6,700 sq. ft. (floor)ICF Use: 14,500 sq. ft. Cost: $1.1 millionTotal Construction: 30 weeksICF Installation Time: 30 days Construction Team Owner: HCO...
Picoso’s Mexican Kitchen
2019 Light Commercial 2nd Runner-Up Project Statistics Location: Lubbock, Texas Type: Restaurant Size: 8,360 sq. ft. (floor) ICF Use: 7,300 sq. ft. Cost: $2.3 million Total Construction: 36 weeks ICF Installation Time: 40 days Construction Team Owner: Picoso’s...
Kenwood Elementary Gymnasium
2019 Light Commercial Winner Bend, Oregon is one of the first cities that really accepted ICF construction, and over the past few decades, more than 300 projects have been built in the area with ICF. The latest high-profile commercial project in the city is a...
Heavy Commercial
Georgetown & Liberty Hill Independent School Districts
2022 EducationWinner Everette Williams Elementary School Wolf Ranch Elementary School Santa Rita Elementary School Project Statistics Location: Georgetown & Liberty Hill, TexasType: EducationSize: 354,540 sq. ft. combinedICF Use: 253,975 sq. ft. combined Cost:...
Cinépolis La Costa Town Center
2021 Heavy Commercial2nd Runner-Up Cinépolis USA is a leading world-class movie theater chain that offers an enhanced movie experience through its "Cinépolis Luxury Cinemas" and "Cinépolis" theater concepts. Cinépolis Luxury Cinemas La Costa Town Square is a...
Roy Junior High School
2021 Heavy CommercialWinner Project Statistics Location: Roy, UtahType: Junior High SchoolSize: 173,393 sq. ft. ICF Use: 121,217 sq. ft. Cost: $39,850,000Total Construction: 76 weeksICF Installation Time: 150 days (due to delays) Construction Team Owner: Weber...
Granbury High School
2021 Heavy Commercial Seeing a school built out of ICF is always an exciting prospect, because you know it's going to safely and sustainably shelter students for decades to come. Granbury High School in Granbury, Texas (just west of Dallas/Fort Worth) was particularly...
Saugeen Police Headquarters
2020 Heavy Commercial2nd Runner-Up A $6.8 million police station in Port Elgin, Ontario, Canada used ICFs for construction, and now the police department has a quiet, safe headquarters. Every detail in the new Saugeen Shores Police Service building was carefully...
Jennings Creek Elementary
2020 Heavy Commercial1st Runner-Up Not long ago, zero-energy construction was thought to be unattainable in a cost-effective manner. That changed when Richardsville Elementary was built. Located in Bowling Green, Ky., and completed in time for the 2010-2011 school...
Showbiz Cinema
2020 Heavy CommercialWinner We honored the ShowBiz Cinema project in Homestead, Florida, with a win in our Heavy Commercial category in our 2020 Builder Awards due to its complexity and its use of ICF. This 9-screen movie theatre, Imax theater, bowling alley, and...
Ward’s Ridge
2019 Heavy CommercialFinalist Ward’s Ridge is an office park in New Castle, Pennsylvania, midway between Pittsburg and Cleveland. Of the three buildings on site, two were built with ICF while the third was stick-framed, providing an excellent cost and schedule...
Tifton Comfort Inn
2008 Heavy Commercial 2nd Runner Up According to the owner, the Comfort Inn in Tifton, Ga., is the “best built hotel in our company.” The hotel walls, constructed with IntegraSpec ICF, keep out the traffic noise on the nearby interstate, minimize energy bills, and can...
Education
Cumberland Trace Elementary School
2022 Education1st Runner-Up(People’s Choice Winner) Cumberland Trace Elementary School in Bowling Green, Kentucky, is one of many recent schools built with ICFs. It was the 1st Runner Up in the 2022 ICF Builder Awards and also received the People's Choice Award in the...
Douglass High School
Heavy Commercial-Education Winner Kentucky has long been a leader in ICF school construction, with more than three dozen built in the state. The recently completed Frederick Douglass High School in Lexington is an excellent example of this type of project. The school...
Rancho Sienna Elementary School
2018 Heavy Commercial (Education) 1st Runner-Up Project Statistics Location: Georgetown, Texas Type: Elementary School Size: 118,000 sq. ft. (floor) ICF Use: 175,000 sq. ft. Cost: $24.8 million Total Construction: 60 weeks ICF Installation Time: 155 days...
Douglass High School
2018 Heavy Commercial (Education) Best in Class Project Statistics Location: Lexington, Kentucky Type: High School Size: 287,125 sq. ft. (floor) ICF Use: 100,000 sq. ft. Cost: $63 million Total Construction: 104 weeks ICF Installation Time: 150 days...
West High School
The town of West was a typical small Texas town. Located about 70 miles south of Dallas, it has a population of a few thousand and a sizable fertilizer plant, which had produced ammonium nitrate for farmers in the region without incident for more than 50 years.All...
South Warren High School & Middle School
Warren County, Ky., is growing rapidly; the school district averages 200 to 300 new students every year. To address that issue, Warren County Public Schools has built at least seven new schools over the last decade or so, most of which have been built with ICF. Among...
ICFs and Schools
Alvaton Elementary School, near Bowling Green, Ky., was built entirely with insulated concrete forms from NUDURA Corp. Completed in 2006, the school accommodates 700 students and features spacious classrooms, modern computer labs, a library, gymnasium, and cafeteria....
Hospitality
MultiFamily
Island Harbor Club Condos
2021 Multi-Family1st Runner-Up Completed in October 2020, the Island Harbor Club Condos in Gananoque, Ontario, was a unique multifamily project that presented challenges from the ground up, literally. The site was classified as a brownfield site, which means a...
Parklands Manor
2021 Multi-FamilyWinner Parklands Manor Care Home is located in Chertsey, United Kingdom, just 18 miles southwest of London. This project won the hearts of our People's Choice Award voters for its good looks and style. Built from Nudura ICFs, Steve Burgess of ICF...
Habilitation
2021 Multi-Family2nd Runner-Up Project Statistics Location: Kitchener, OntarioType: Affordable ApartmentsSize: 5,000 sq. ft. ICF Use: 13,500 sq. ft. Cost: $5.5 millionTotal Construction: 52 weeksICF Installation Time: 20 days Construction Team Owner:...
Chesapeake Village Center
2020 MultiFamilyFinalist A mixed-use building with retail outlets on the ground floor underneath three floors of apartments in Stevensville, Maryland, are the most energy-efficient apartment homes built to date in Maryland. Chesapeake Village Center was the first...
Heritage Square Retirement Living
2020 Senior Living1st Runner-UpProject Statistics Location: Conception Bay South, Newfoundland, CanadaType: Assisted Living Retirement Home Size: 62,000 sq. ft. (floor)ICF Use: 33,400 sq. ft. Cost: CAN$15.5 millionTotal Construction: 72 weeksICF Installation Time: 50...
Hazeldean Gardens Retirement Center
2020 Senior LivingWinner A retirement residence in Stittsville, Ontario, Canada, is nothing short of amazing. Hazeldean Gardens Retirement Residence has everything that residents and staff would want: a south-facing courtyard at the rear of the building, covered...
The Villas at Riverdale
2020 Senior Living2nd Runner-Up A $14 million first-of-its-kind Canadian project in Conception Bay South, Newfoundland, used ICF blocks from Nudura for 100% of its 2,000 sq.ft. of exterior walls. 320 sq.ft. of demising walls (those that separate a tenant's suite from...
Sooke Point
2020 Multi-FamilyWinner Sooke Point includes four ICF vacation triplexes, built at the very edge a seaside cliff at the extreme southwestern tip of Canada.The project was honored as “Best Multifamily Development” at the 2020 ICF Builder Awards earlier this year. The...
Roost 1B
2020 Multi-Family2nd Runner-Up Project Statistics Location: Bainbridge Island, WashingtonType: Mixed Use “Live+Work” Development with Four BuildingsSize: 40,000 sq. ft. (floor)ICF Use: 44,000 sq. ft. Cost: $18 millionTotal Construction: 76 weeksICF Installation Time:...
MultiFamily Low-Rise
Heritage Square Retirement Living
2020 Senior Living1st Runner-UpProject Statistics Location: Conception Bay South, Newfoundland, CanadaType: Assisted Living Retirement Home Size: 62,000 sq. ft. (floor)ICF Use: 33,400 sq. ft. Cost: CAN$15.5 millionTotal Construction: 72 weeksICF Installation Time: 50...
Hazeldean Gardens Retirement Center
2020 Senior LivingWinner A retirement residence in Stittsville, Ontario, Canada, is nothing short of amazing. Hazeldean Gardens Retirement Residence has everything that residents and staff would want: a south-facing courtyard at the rear of the building, covered...
The Villas at Riverdale
2020 Senior Living2nd Runner-Up A $14 million first-of-its-kind Canadian project in Conception Bay South, Newfoundland, used ICF blocks from Nudura for 100% of its 2,000 sq.ft. of exterior walls. 320 sq.ft. of demising walls (those that separate a tenant's suite from...
Religious
Saint Peter’s Anglican Church
2014 Heavy Commercial Winner St. Peter's Anglican Church is a landmark, both for the ICF industry as a whole and in the city of Tallahassee, Fla., where it is located. The story begins in 2005, when approximately 700 members and several prominent clergy members...
Trinity United Methodist Church
2014 Heavy Commercial 1st Runner-Up Trinity United Methodist Church is a milestone ICF project. Located midway between Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas, the 75,000 sq. ft. building dominates the landscape. Weight-bearing ICF walls soar to 70 feet above grade without...
All Saints Catholic Newman Center
2013 Light Commercial Winner Winner of the Best Light Commercial Project for 2013, the All Saints Catholic Newman Center is a landmark on several levels. It is located adjacent to the Arizona State University Campus on the corner of University Drive and...
Seventh-day Adventist Church
2013 Light Commercial 2nd Runner-Up ICFs’ green features and energy efficiency are strong selling points, especially when the developer is also the long-term owner. A Seventh-day Adventist congregation in Southern California discovered ICF construction would be a...
New Founders Hall at Xavier College
2012 Heavy Commercial Winner (Tie) ICF use in the heavy commercial sector is well-established in Arizona. The trend is supported by competent, qualified ICF installers and building owners that understand the value of ICF construction. The Phoenix...
Seton Catholic High School
2011 Heavy Commercial 1st Runner-Up The Phoenix Archdiocese has become a major influence in the ICF industry; they’ve built no fewer than 10 major ICF projects in the area, with at least eight more on the drawing board. Seton Catholic High School is one...
Immaculate Conception Catholic Church
2010 Heavy Commercial Runner-Up (Tie) The Phoenix Diocese of the Catholic Church has become a major force in shaping the direction of the ICF industry. They commissioned the St. Mary Magdalene Church in Gilbert, Ariz, which was featured in the June issue...
ICFs for Religious Construction
While church construction may not be an obvious niche for ICFs, they’re doing very well in this sector. A number of high-profile ICF churches have been completed recently, and many more are under constructionJohn Hatfield thinks he knows why. “The church is paying not...
Sun Valley Community Church
2008 Heavy Commercialrunner Up Project Statistics Location: Gilbert, Ariz.Type: Church, Mezzanine, and ClassroomsSize: 84,000 sq. ft. (floor)ICF Use: 52,000 sq. ft. (walls)Height: 34 feet, reaching 50’ high on mezzanineICF System: Walls by Arxx; Bracing by...
Specialty Applications
Ranch House Pool
2020 Speciality ApplicationWinner This backyard swimming pool was built by an ICF installer for his own enjoyment.Construction took place on weekends as time was available, which stretched to project timeline significantly.Rather than use an existing design, the...
Pie Eyed Monk Brewery
2019 Specialty Application Winner Project Statistics Location: Lindsay, Ontario, Canada Type: Addition to Micro-Brewery ICF Use: 4,800 sq. ft. Total Construction: 42 weeks ICF Installation Time: 10 days Construction Team Owner: Pie Eyed Monk Brewery General...
Solomon Colors
2019 Specialty Application 1st Runner-Up Project Statistics Location: Springfield, Illinois Type: Outdoor Entertainment Space ICF Use: 1,344 sq. ft. Cost: $250,000 Total Construction: 10 weeks ICF Installation Time: 7 days Construction Team Owner, General...
Corn Mill Farm
2018 SPECIALTY PROJECT BEST IN CLASS Corn Mill Farm is a striking example of how the many features of ICF—energy efficiency, strength, ease of use, and design flexibility—can simplify even the most complex project. This project, located in the...
Anderson Pool
2018 SPECIALTY PROJECT1st Runner Up ICF swimming pools are becoming more common, and with this project, it's easy to see why. ICFs are highly insulative and easy to adapt. This project is an outstanding example of these attributes. The Anderson Pool in Boone, Iowa,...
Fort Worth Waterfall
2017 SPECIALTY PROJECT BEST IN CLASS Winner of the "Best Specialty Application" at last year's ICF Builder Awards, this backyard water feature in Fort Worth, Texas showcases the design flexibility of insulated concrete forms. Cameron Ware, the Texas ICF distributor...
2016 Calzada Chapel & Pool House
2016 Specialty Application Winner Over the years, the ICF Builder Awards have received a number of innovative projects that didn't fit well in any existing category. In order to give these projects the attention they deserve, we've introduced a new category:...
Pools
Carroll Pool
2021 Specialty Application1st Runner-Up Project Statistics Location: Paris, KentuckyType: Swimming Pool Construction Team General Contractor: Steve Carroll, BuildBlock KYICF Installer: Steve Carroll, BuildBlock KYForm Distributor: Steve Carroll, BuildBlock KYICF...
Ranch House Pool
2020 Speciality ApplicationWinner This backyard swimming pool was built by an ICF installer for his own enjoyment.Construction took place on weekends as time was available, which stretched to project timeline significantly.Rather than use an existing design, the...
Anderson Pool
2018 SPECIALTY PROJECT1st Runner Up ICF swimming pools are becoming more common, and with this project, it's easy to see why. ICFs are highly insulative and easy to adapt. This project is an outstanding example of these attributes. The Anderson Pool in Boone, Iowa,...
