Project Profiles
Small Residential
Fandango
2012 Small Residential 2nd Runner Up Built as a model home just outside of Syracuse, New York, this residence is a fantastic example of how ICF construction can match the architectural style of any contemporary neighborhood while providing unrivaled...
Quilter Residence
2011 Small Residential Best in Class The Quilter Residence, built on a quiet street in Laguna Beach, Calif., is small compared to most other high-end custom ICF homes, measuring less than 1,600 sq. ft. But it’s a great example of the level of...
Graves Home
2011 Small Residential 1st Runner-Up Michael Simon and Josh Harris began their construction business in the middle of the worst economic downturn in decades. They believed that with Insulated Concrete Forms (ICFs) they could build a home that was both...
Groves Home
2011 Small Residential 2nd Runner-Up When Marvin and Dolores Groves began planning their dream home in Bastrop, Texas, they knew they wanted to do it right. They generated “mounds of research” looking at the best way to create an appealing, comfortable...
Selkirk Boathouse
2010 Small Residential Best in Class This boathouse with guest accommodations, built into a cliff near Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, is an outstanding example of an environmentally sensitive project that blends premium living accommodations seamlessly...
Voitehovich Residence
2010 Small Residential 1st Runner-Up The construction difficulties faced by Joseph Voitehovich in building his dream home would have discouraged a lesser man. The lot, located at the end of a cul-de-sac, dropped away so steeply that was considered...
Maertz Cottage
2010 Small Residential 2nd Runner-Up The Maertz Cottage, a seasonal home built overlooking a lake near Wabeno, Wisc., is a beautiful example of how ICFs can overcome significant jobsite challenges to create a beautiful, functional residence. The owner, a...
Rigby-Lightner Residence
2009 Small Residential 2nd Runner-Up The builder of this project describes the owners as savvy, technologically inclined people. “They spent years researching and planning their needs,” he writes. “They needed strength due to frequent Florida hurricanes. They needed...
The Primrose at Landfall
2009 Small Residential1st Runner-Up The Primrose looks very much like the others in the neighborhood, but it is truly unique. Not only was it built as a spec home, but it was built to LEED Platinum standards. Completed in May 2009, it is one of the first ICF homes to...
Large Residential
Riverton Legacy Home
2012 Large Residential 1st Runner Up When John Catron purchased this lot in 2005, he became aware that the old farmhouse that stood on the lot was originally an 1880s-era adobe church, by then the oldest surviving building in the community. He revised...
Nashville Home
2012 Large Residential 2nd Runner Up Nestled into the rolling hills of a 2,000-acre estate, this 6,000-sq.-ft. dream home has a spacious open floor plan, with abundant windows offering sweeping views of the surrounding countryside. The owners prize...
Hurry Back Home
2011 Large Residential 2nd Runner-Up Built into a rugged and hilly 35-acre site, the Hurry Back Home blends seamlessly into its surroundings. The home’s Prairie-style architecture features strong horizontal lines broken by extensive floor-to-ceiling...
Golf Residence
2011 Large Residential Best in Class Built adjacent to a picturesque Arizona golf course, this home is a stunning example of how ICFs can deliver energy-efficiency and durability in an incredibly beautiful package. With 5,900 sq. ft of conditioned living...
Teague Residence
2011 Large Residential 1st Runner-Up Built near the seashore in southeastern Florida, the Teague home is a testament to the beauty with which ICFs can deliver a virtually hurricane-proof structure. Sandy Esterle, who submitted the project on behalf of...
Salero Residence
2010 Large Residential Best in Class The Salero Home in southern Arizona is a beautiful example of an attractive, sustainable, well-built home that blends seamlessly into its surroundings. It’s also an outstanding example of how enormous design and logistical...
Park-Raines Residence
2010 Large Residential 1st Runner-Up The Park-Raines family had decided to build their dream home in Chicago. They were committed to building a sustainable home that would fit their family’s long-term needs, but they also had a limited budget. To...
Green Dream Home
2010 Large Residential 2nd Runner-Up This unassuming house at the end of a quiet street has a secret identity. It’s actually a net-zero energy home—a fully functional year-round residence that generates as much energy as it consumes. Patrick M.B. Chan,...
Spring Haven
2009 Large Residential2nd Runner-Up Like the other winners in this category, this French Country Style home was built as a “spec home.” The first challenge was converting the plans to fit ICF walls. The second was the actual construction, with an octagonal turret,...
Unlimited Residential
The Mothership
2010 Unlimited Residential 1st Runner-Up Designed as a show home in one of the city’s most prestigious neighborhoods, the Mothership is much larger than a typical green home. Completed in 2000, the house has served as an effective ambassador for more...
Huff Residence
2010 Unlimited Residential 2nd Runner-Up This was a very complex and ambitious project: A 10,000 sq. ft. home with nearby garage and a horse barn totaling an additional 5,000 sq.ft. The construction site was located on a steep hill, and the only entry...
Wallace Residence
2010 Unlimited Residential Best in Class The Wallace Residence is more than a home, with 21,400 sq. ft of living space on three stories, as well as a sports court, swimming pool, solarium and workshop. An elevator travels four stories from the...
Carew Residence
At 13,200 square feet, the Carew home is anything but typical. In addition to living areas, the residence has a 34-foot-long indoor swimming pool, a full-size basketball court, a theater, wine cellar, and oval office with spectacular views of nearby Appleton,...
Kostatos Residence
2009 Unlimited Residential2nd Runner-Up This was a first-time ICF project for everyone; the ICF installer, the architect, and the owner. Built on a site just yards from the ocean at Cape Cod, ICFs provide the wind resistance required by local codes. The architect,...
Hegdahl Home
2009 Unlimited Residential1st Runner-Up The Hegdahl home is one of the most innovative ICF projects this judging panel has ever seen. Designed for a remote mountain lot north of Denver, lot setbacks pushed the home to the very edge of a sizable cliff.Dynamiting a...
Carrell Home
2009 Unlimited ResidentialWinner This sprawling 18,000 sq. ft. home scored high in virtually every category. Designed to look and feel like an Italian Villa, it has dozens of windows, a number of arched openings, and too many corners to count, many of which are at odd...
Chelster Hall
2008 Unlimited ResidentialWinner Project Statistics Location: Oakville, OntarioType: Private ResidenceSize: 60,000 sq. ft. (15,000 sq. ft. unfinished)ICF Use: 100% of Exterior walls, plus additional outbuildings and ICF PoolHeight: Approx. 35 feet high (intermediate...
New American Home 2009
2008 Unlimited Residential 1st Runner Up Project Statistics Location: Las Vegas, Nev.Type: Show Home/Single Family ResidenceSize: 9,000 sq. ft. (floor)ICF Use: 12,733 sq. ft. (90% of exterior)Cost: $388 per sq. ft.ICF Brand: ArxxTotal Construction: Jan. ‘08 to Oct....
Light Commercial
Banking on the Future
Built in the middle of America’s Tornado Alley, the National Bank of Commerce Operations Center in Oklahoma City is built to withstand Mother Nature’s worst. But besides being built to minimize nature’s impact on the bank, the opposite is also true. The project uses...
Boys and Girls Club
2009 Light Commercial2nd Runner-Up Building a new facility for one of the oldest Boys & Girls Club in the nation—it was one of the first fifty, established in 1903—was no easy task. Plans called for an ambitious number of tall walls and tight radius walls,...
Bluegrass Eye Center
2009 Light Commercial1st Runner Up When a group of Kentucky doctors decided to build an office complex, they refused to settle for anything but the best. When their mechanical engineer suggested using ICFs, they knew they’d found their wall system. They ended up using...
River Oaks Center
2009 Light CommercialWinner Situated halfway between Los Angeles and San Francisco on historic Highway 101, River Oaks Center is an office/retail space that combines stunning architecture with a remarkable strategy to save Earth’s resources. It’s also the largest...
Los Paseos Joint Use Project
2008 Light CommercialWinner This project has helped open the education and government construction sectors in Northern California to ICFs. The City of San Jose needed a new San Jose, Calif. needed a new recreation facility, and the nearby elementary school needed a...
Taylorsville Crossing Retail Complex
2008 Light Commercial 1st Runner Up “This is truly a case where lemons were turned into lemonade,” says Dan McCullough, ICF distributor for this project. Almost single-handedly, he turned this project from a potential industry black eye to an award winner. The...
East City Gold Plaza
2008 Light Commercial 2nd Runner Up When the owner of this building approached the design team, he made an unusual request. The building needed to be durable enough to last 300 years, and strong enough to support an oriental garden terrace on the roof. ICFs were a...
Dry Creek Offices
2007 WinnerLight Commercial Rimrock Construction considered their options for developing land they owned in an office park just south of Salt Lake City. The professional building they wanted to build on the site needed to be different, more progressive, more ‘green.’...
Fire Station #62 Kalispell
2007 Light Commercial1st Runner Up Much of the credit for the success of Fire Station #62 belongs to Chad Grover, the architect at Grover & Company who was instrumental in the decision to build the exterior shell of the building with ICFs. Grover, who passed away...
Heavy Commercial
Miller 15-Plex Theater
2013 Heavy Commercial 1st Runner-Up The Megaplex 15 Theaters at Valley Fair Mall in West Valley City, Utah, is one of the most innovative cinemas in the nation. Equipped with digital projectors and a state-of-the-art sound system, it gives movie-goers an...
Augustus Plaza
2013 Heavy Commercial 2nd Runner-Up This three-story office complex in Fort Worth, Texas is notable for several different reasons. Not only were ICFs used for the exterior building envelope, but they were also used for columns and beams, certain interior...
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...
Richardsville Elementary
2012 Heavy Commercial Winner (Tie) No single project has done more to promote the use of ICFs in the education sector than Richardsville Elementary. Built in Bowling Green, Ky. and completed in time for the 2010-2011 school year, it is the nation’s first...
Glasgow High School
2012 Heavy Commercial 1st Runner Up ICFs are making major inroads in the education sector; the movement was jumpstarted by the Kentucky Dept. of Education and architectural firm Sherman Carter Barnhart. The two organizations remain on the cutting edge of...
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...
H.C. Moore Library, College of the Bahamas
2011 Heavy Commercial Best in Class The H.C. Moore Library, part of the College of the Bahamas in Nassau, is an outstanding example of how ICFs provide an elegant, cost effective solution to many construction challenges. The design favored radius walls;...
Colony Square
2011 Heavy Commercial 2nd Runner-Up Colony Square, a ten-screen theater and associated retail complex is the centerpiece of a downtown revitalization effort for the city of Atascadero, which sits midway between Los Angeles and San Francisco on scenic...
Alamosa K-5 School
2010 Heavy Commercial Runner-Up (Tie) The elementary school campus in Alamosa, Colo. consists of two 72,000 sq. ft. school buildings (one housing grades K-2 and the other 3-5) that are connected by playgrounds and landscaping. By far the largest building...
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MultiFamily
Commons at Sea Shell Drive
2012 MultiFamily 2nd Runner Up This three-unit development of vacation townhomes on the Texas Gulf Coast faced a number of construction and design challenges. Fortunately, Insulated Concrete Forms (ICF) provided an elegant solution to virtually all of...
Spice Condominiums
2011 MultiFamily Best in Class Spice Condominiums—built on the site of a eighteenth century spice factory—consists of 85 condominium units near downtown Halifax Canada. Peter Polley, owner of Polycorp, which served as developer, general contractor, and...
Valley Lofts
2011 Multi-Family 1st Runner-Up This pair of energy-efficient luxury lofts in Orange, N.J. are a landmark project in turning the city green. The two 8,400 sq. ft. buildings are built with Quad-Lock ICFs, with a green roof created using the...
Oakville Mews
2011 MultiFamily 2nd Runner-Up Oakville Mews is a Craftsman-style complex combining nine townhomes with five street-level revenue suites. Patrick M.B. Chan, a representative for Logix ICF, which provided the forms for the project, explains, “The Town of...
Villa Rose
2010 Multi-Family Best in Class Villa Rose Condominiums in Qualicum Beach, British Columbia proves that ICFs can achieve what would otherwise be impossible. The town of Qualicum Beach is located on Vancouver Island, where humidity, rain, and cold winters take a toll...
Oak Haven Development
2010 MultiFamily 1st Runner-Up When Hurricane Katrina roared ashore in 2005, the city of Waveland, Miss., was decimated. Among the casualties was the Bay-Waveland Housing Authority, which was left without housing for 700 children, adults and senior citizens in need of...
Wolf Springs Resort
2010 MultiFamily 2nd Runner-Up Wolf Springs Resort, located midway between Montreal and Toronto, is a different concept in vacation condos. It offer owners luxury cottage-living without the worry and work normally associated with private cottage ownership. ICFs are an...
Carleton College Residence Halls
2009 Multi-Family2nd Runner-Up Carleton College is a small, private liberal arts college. When the school needed a pair of new residence halls, it needed to match the existing campus architecture as well as their philosophy of environmental stewardship. ICFs met...
Central Avenue Villas
2009 Multi-Family1st Runner-Up Central Avenue Villas is three-story condominium complex that shows how intensive ICF use can solve construction challenges and help recoup construction costs by getting tenants into the building sooner.Built in Oklahoma City’s Bricktown...
