Project Profiles
Small Residential
The Toronto
2018 Small Residential Best In Class The Toronto sets a high bar for ICF construction. Built as a developer's first ICF project in difficult winter conditions, it demonstrates that innovative builders can increase profits and customer satisfaction while...
River House
2018 Small Residential 2nd Runner-Up River House is a beautiful single family home located on the banks of the Mississippi River about 100 miles downstream of St. Louis, Missouri. It was designed and built by Ivan and Sue Griffin, who despite having no...
Blumenfeld-Krone Residence
2018 Small Residential 1st Runner-Up Project Statistics Location: Verdi, California Type: Private Residence Size: 2,150 sq. ft. (floor) ICF Use: 8,024 sq. ft. Cost: $850,000 Total Construction: 60 weeks ICF Installation Time: 54 days Construction Team Owner + General...
Kauder Residence
2016 Small Residential 2nd Runner-Up The Delaware coast is a frequent target of strong storms and hurricanes, most recently when Superstorm Sandy roared ashore in 2012. When that storm came ashore, the Kauder family was planning their new home in Milton....
Howell Residence
Built on a hilltop in a prestigious neighborhood overlooking Phoenix, Ariz., the Howell Residence is a masterpiece. The Southwest-style home features clean lines, an open floor plan and a functional layout. According to Gary Fetters of Castle Rock...
Florida Hurricane Home
This home—built in Putnam County, Fla, about 50 miles north of Orlando—a showpiece of resilience, efficiency, and value. Its lines are typical of a "cracker home," a classic type of Florida architecture featuring metal roofs, wide wrap-around porches, a raised floor,...
Stone Creek
2017 Small Residential Runner Up Charis Homes is a custom homebuilder located in Northeastern Ohio. Founded by Todd Scott and Glenna Wilson in 2003, they have become a top-rated residential contractor by focusing on providing a "quieter, healthier home that is...
Ecologia Montreal
2016 Small Residential 1st Runner-Up The story of Ecologia Montreal begins when Sabine Karsenti purchased a century-old residence in the heart of Montreal. Originally built in the 1890s, the house had been abandoned for some time, and it was a middle unit in a long...
Shade Residence
2016 Small Residential Winner When Mark Shade and his family moved to the San Francisco area from Spain, he wanted his new home to offer the style and permanence he'd found in Europe. There, homes are made to last centuries. He spent the next two years researching...
Large Residential
Fort Screven Home
2019 Large Residential 2nd Runner-Up This private residence affectionately dubbed “The Battery,” literally sits atop a genuine piece of American history.The name is derived from the foundation portion of the structure, which a century ago was known as “Battery...
Tuscan Place
2018 Large Residential 2nd runner-Up Tuscan Place is the latest addition to an exclusive neighborhood that already features eight ICF homes of various sizes. It’s also the largest and most complex. Located near Corpus Christi, Texas, the property has a...
Otten House
2018 Large Residential 1st Runner Up The Otten House, located just across the Mississippi River from St. Louis, appears to be an average family home. In reality, the Otten House is a net zero home, engineered to seamlessly blend proven, old-school technologies with...
Emerald City
2018 Large Residential Winner One of the more unique green homes is Emerald City and its attached guest house, which is located outside the Colorado ski resort town of Steamboat Springs. Mark Mueller, the homeowner, not only did the design work himself, but also...
Otten House
2018 Large Residential 1st Runner-Up Project Statistics Location: Caseyville, Illinois Type: Private Residence Size: 5,656 sq. ft. (floor) ICF Use: 6,703 sq. ft. Cost: $883,000 Total Construction: 40 weeks ICF Installation Time: 9 days Construction Team...
Emerald City
2018 Large Residential Best In Class Project Statistics Location: Steamboat Springs, Colorado Type: Private Residence Size: 6,000 sq. ft. (floor) ICF Use: 16,531 sq. ft. Cost: $1.2 million Total Construction: 220 weeks ICF Installation Time: 240 days...
Panella Residence
2016 Large Residential 2nd Runner-Up Insulated Concrete Forms are still a relatively unknown method of construction in the Tennessee Valley. But Chuck Parks of Parks ICF is changing that, one remarkable project at a time. One outstanding recent projects is the Panella...
Shelving Rock Home
The Shelving Rock Home—located a few miles northwest of Albany, NY—is a landmark ICF project. The remarkably functional and beautiful design also meets two demanding design criteria. It's registered as a Net-Zero Ready home by the U.S. Dept. of Energy, and also meets...
Kuebitz Residence
From the outside, the French-Mediterranean-styled Kuebitz Residence resembles many others in Southern California, with wide porches, tiled roofline, and a stucco exterior accented at the corners with cut stone. Inside, the home has a Middle-Eastern flair, with a...
Unlimited Residential
Casa Tres Playas
2018 Unlimited Residential 2nd Runner-Up Casa Tres Playas is a beautiful 9,000-sq.-ft. home built directly on the beach a few miles northeast of Corpus Christi, Texas. The residence experienced the full fury of Hurricane Harvey last fall. Yet the home...
McDowell Residence
2018 Unlimited Residential Best In Class The McDowell ranch house is situated in rural Llano County, Texas, about 50 miles northwest of Austin. It was one of the smaller homes in the "Unlimited Residential" category of the 2018 ICF Builder Awards, but it...
The Drew Castle
2018 Unlimited Residential 1st Runner-Up The Drew Castle, located in Eastern Michigan is actually a 10,000-sq.-ft. private home, built to appear like a traditional manor house. The design includes many authentic touches, both inside and out, including...
Eck Lane Residence
Texas is one of the fastest-growing states in the nation, and hundreds of residential and commercial ICF projects have been built there in the past few years. One of the most remarkable is this custom home built on the outskirts of Austin overlooking Lake Travis....
Carrell Residence
Carrell Residence - Best In Class This estate-class home, built by the Carrell Group, is one of the most remarkable ICF homes in North America. Finished in September of 2016, the massive 30,000-sq.-ft.-plus residence was built over a period of five years in a small...
The Resort Boulevard Home
2016 Unlimited Residential 2nd Runner-Up Modeled after the estates found along the French and Spanish Riviera, the Resort Boulevard home has an aura of grace and elegance that will stand the test of time. The home should last for generations as well, thanks to...
Clayton Residence
2016 Unlimited Residential Winner The Clayton Residence is one of the largest and most remarkable homes built in the U.S. recently. Completed last year in an affluent suburb northeast of Phoenix, Ariz., the home has more than 28,000 sq. ft. With a home of this size in...
Maison De La Pomme
2016 Unlimited Residential 1st Runner-Up Project Statistics Location: Cincinnati, Ohio Type: Single Family Residential Size: 17,000 sq. ft. (floor) ICF Use: 26,500 sq. ft. Total Construction: 24 months ICF Installation time: 210 days Construction Team General...
Hanawalt Residence
2014 Unlimited Residential 1st Runner-Up The Hanawalt family of Waverley, Iowa, wanted a high quality, energy-efficient home. They also wanted it to be safe and comfortable, as the area is prone to fires, high winds, floods, hot summer heat, and extreme cold. When the...
Light Commercial
LCA Early Learning Center
2019 Light Commercial 1st Runner-Up LCA Early Learning Center is a preschool and child care facility in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, about 30 miles southeast of Nashville. Skipper Smotherman, owner of the Hybrid Group, Inc, says, “This area has been among the top five...
Fuente Cigar Warehouse
2018 Light Commercial Winner As the name suggests, this building is a warehousing and shipping facility for Arturo Fuente Cigars. The company was founded in the Tampa area in 1912, and in the past few decades has grown to be one of the most popular premium cigar...
CMTA Office Building
2018 Light Commercial 1st Runner-Up Project Statistics Location: Lexington, Kentucky Type: Engineering Firm Office Building Size: 11,750 sq. ft. (floor) ICF Use: 9,835 sq. ft. Cost: $2.9 million Total Construction: 330 weeks ICF Installation Time: 90...
Farmington Public Safety Building
2018 Light Commercial 2nd Runner-Up Project Statistics Location: Farmington, New Hampshire Type: Police, Ambulance & Fire Station Size: 19,000 sq. ft. (floor) ICF Use: 9,344 sq. ft. Cost: $2.443 million Total Construction: 39 weeks ICF Installation...
Optimum Medical
2017 LIGHT COMMERCIAL RUNNER UP DETAILS COMING SOON Project Statistics Location: Danbury, Conn. Type: Medical Building Size: 6,374 sq. ft. (floor) ICF Use: 6,200 sq. ft. Cost: $1.5 million Total Construction: 46 weeks ICF Installation time: 42 days Construction...
Coca-Cola Pavilion at Disney Springs
The Coca-Cola Pavilion is 18,000 sq. ft. of mixed retail and restaurant space at The Walt Disney World Resort near Orlando. Designed to appear as a remodeled vintage industrial space, it is one of the first ICF applications in a theme park. It was also an extremely...
Christian Life Center
2016 LIGHT COMMERCIAL 1st RUNNER-UP CHRISTIAN LIFE CENTER The Christian Life Center in Dayton, Ohio needed a new worship facility. About a decade ago, the church began the move towards “one church in several locations," adding three additional locations with a goal of...
Washington Street Office
2016 Light Commercial 2nd Runner-Up New England is notoriously resistant to change, but a three-story office building recently completed in New Hampshire is one indication that ICFs may be gaining respect in the region. The design/build project was headed up by Groen...
Our Lady Of Sorrows Catholic Church
2016 Light Commercial Winner ICF use is well-established in Arizona, and church construction played an early role in driving commercial market growth in the area, with more than a dozen ICF religious buildings completed in the region. So when the Society of St. Pius...
Heavy Commercial
Dominion Springs Plaza
2019 Heavy Commercial 1st Runner-Up Dominion Springs Plaza is a high-end retail development consisting of five separate buildings covering more than 53,000 sq. ft. Built in an affluent suburb of San Antonio, it's the first development of its kind in the region. It's...
Discovery Elementary
2019 Heavy Commercial Winner Located just across the Potomac from Washington D.C., Arlington, Virginia, is perhaps best known as the final resting place of presidents and military heroes. But it is also a bustling bedroom community of the nation’s capital, and is one...
Grand Odyssey 8 Theater
2019 Heavy Commercial 2nd Runner-Up Project Statistics Location: Watertown, South Dakota Type: Cinema Size: 24,350 sq. ft. (floor) ICF Use: 44,000 sq. ft. Cost: $5 million Total Construction: 36 weeks ICF Installation Time: 38 days Construction Team Owner: Odyssey...
St. Juan Diego Catholic Church
Heavy Commercial-Religious Winner St. Juan Diego Catholic Church, in Chandler, Arizona, is the latest of more than a dozen major ICF projects undertaken by the Catholic Archdiocese of Phoenix. It's an exceptionally complex and ICF-intensive project. With just more...
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...
Oak Hills Church
2018 Heavy Commercial Finalist The new Oak Hills Church in San Antonio, Texas, is a blend of contemporary and traditional Hill Country designs. Begun in August of 2015, the project consisted of a remodel of the existing 115,000-sq.-ft. facility and construction of a...
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...
Whitewater Crossing Christian Church
2018 Heavy Commercial (Religious) 1st Runner-Up Project Statistics Location: Cleves, Ohio Type: Church/New Construction and Remodel Size: 57,000 new/95,000 total sq. ft. (floor) ICF Use: 38,500 sq. ft. Cost: $12.8 million Total Construction: 96 weeks ICF...
Education
Hospitality
MultiFamily
The Lithium
2020 Multi-Family1st Runner-Up Project Statistics Location: Granby, Quebec, CanadaType: 33-Unit Apartment BuildingSize: 45,800 sq. ft. (floor)ICF Use: 46,200 sq. ft. Cost: CAN$3.3 millionTotal Construction: 18 months Construction Team Owner: Les Investissements...
Martin Hall
2019 Multifamily Winner Martin Hall is a student dormitory built on the campus of Eastern Kentucky University in Richmond, Kentucky. The state was an early adopter of commercial ICFs, with numerous ICF schools built in the last decade, and now the technology is...
Meadowbrook Village
2019 Multifamily 1st Runner-Up Project Statistics Location: Escondido, California Type: 66-Unit Retirement Apartment Complex Size: 118,000 sq. ft. (floor) ICF Use: 83,000 sq. ft. Cost: $10 million Total Construction: 70 weeks ICF Installation Time: 150 days ...
Homewood Suites
2019 Multifamily2nd Runner-Up Homewood Suites is a six-story hotel built near the airport of Canada’s capital city, Ottawa. It’s the third major ICF build for the owner and contractor with more projects in the pipeline. They chose ICF because of the inherent energy...
Finnish Rest Home
Multifamily — Winner Finnish Rest Home is a state-of-the-art senior living complex, overlooking a heavily wooded nature park nearby and virtually all of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario—just across the river from the northern tip of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. At nine...
Finnish Rest Home
2018 Multi-Family Best in Class Project Statistics Location: Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada Type: 9-Story Apartment Building Size: 111,500 sq. ft. (floor) ICF Use: 143,500 sq. ft. Cost: $12.4 million Total Construction: 51 weeks ICF Installation Time:...
Beach Green North
2018 Multi-Family 2nd Runner-Up Project Statistics Location: Far Rockaway, New York Type: 101-Unit Apartment Building Size: 108,350 sq. ft. (floor) ICF Use: 79,140 sq. ft. Cost: $32 million Total Construction: 77 weeks ICF Installation Time: 95 days...
Newmarket Apartments
2018 Multi-family 1st Runner-Up This 15-story, 212-unit apartment building is located in Newmarket, Ontario, Canada, just north of Toronto. With 292,500 sq. ft. of floor space, it is one of the largest ICF buildings constructed in recent years. Ken...
Frost Street Apartments
2017 Multi-Family 1st Runner Up This seven-story apartment complex is located in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. The 45,000-sq.-ft. building has 46 units, all of which are earmarked for low-income residents. As a publicly-funded project, it...
MultiFamily Low-Rise
Religious
Pinegrove Church
2007 Light Commercial 2nd Runner Up Faced with a growing congregation and an aging chapel, Pinegrove Church in Kingston, Ontario, decided to build a new facility. After touring a nearby church that had recently been constructed with ICFs, the building committee was...
Holy Cross Catholic Church
2006 Light Commercial 1st Runner Up The first runner-up in the light commercial division is an outstanding example of the beauty that can be achieved with ICF construction.The Holy Cross Catholic Church,in Porterville, Calif., looks like an old mission church hundreds...
