Project Profiles
Small Residential
Nail Residence
2014 Small Residential 1st Runner Up Project Statistics Location: Canton, Texas Type: Custom Home Size: 3,000 sq. ft. (floor) ICF Use: 2,776 sq. ft. Cost: $385,000 Total Construction: 6 months ICF Installation time: 10 days Construction Team Owner: J. & D. Nail...
Artist Studio
2013 Small Residential 2nd Runner-Up This cozy building adjacent to the owner's home in Santa Rosa, California, was built as an artist studio, sculpture gallery, and performance space. Arlette Cummings, owner of an architectural design firm, drew up the...
Sedona Home
2013 Small Residential 1st Runner-Up This striking home in Sedona, Arizona marries Frank Lloyd Wright's Prairie School architecture with the local southwestern architectural aesthetic, creating a residence that offers excellent views, an open floor plan,...
Burnham Project
2013 Small Residential Winner Located in Otonobee Township, near Peterborough, Ontario about 50 miles east of Toronto, this home shows that ICFs are just as well-suited for smaller spec homes as they are for large custom residences. This residence was...
Zemke Residence
2012 Small Residential Winner Located on a small lake in southern New Hampshire, this home shows that ICFs are perfect for dream homes of all sizes. The homesite was chosen to preserve the native landscape while maximizing the peaceful views and...
Kay Residence
2012 Small Residential 1st Runner Up This project was built as a “Universal Design” (UD) home, merging sustainable, green building technology with design concepts that allow people of all ages and abilities to live their entire life in their own home. In...
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...
Large Residential
Durable Energy Builder Home
2014 Large Residential Winner With just less than 6,000 sq. ft. of floor space and a typical brick-and-stucco finish, this Houston-area home looks unassuming. But in truth, it's one of the most innovative homes in the country. It's been the subject of unprecedented...
Knoxville Residence
2014 Large Residential 2nd Runner-Up Built atop a ridge in Eastern Tennessee, this beautiful home combines the look of traditional timber-frame construction with the safety and efficiency of cutting-edge ICF technology. Sustainability was one of the primary factors in...
Vireo Eco-Luxury Home
2013 Large Residential 2nd Runner-Up The Vireo home is built into a steep lot near the Rocky Mountain foothills, overlooking Boulder, Colo. It was designed from the beginning to offer a maximum of style and luxury with minimal energy consumption. The...
Curly House
2013 Large Residential 1st Runner-Up Curly House, located in West Sussex near England's southern shore, used ICF construction to solve a number of vexing problems. The owner wanted to build an affordable, low-energy building in a region with relatively...
Fort Worth Residence
2013 Large Residential Winner This high-end custom home on the outskirts of the Dallas-Ft. Worth metroplex has dozens of unique ICF features. In fact, this was one of the reasons behind its construction. The owner, who has been involved with the ICF...
San Pietro
2012 Large Residential Winner Built as a model home by Carrell Group in Myrtle Beach, S.C., this residence is a showcase for energy efficiency, beauty, and disaster resistance. It’s one of the first in the area to earn the insurance industry’s IBHS...
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...
Unlimited Residential
Hoffman Residence
2013 Unlimited Residential 1st Runner-Up ICFs are often chosen by homeowners who value energy efficiency and disaster resistance. This home, located about an hour south of Salt Lake City, Utah, maximizes both of these attributes. It nearly qualifies as a Net-Zero...
Owen White
2013 Unlimited Residential 2nd Runner-Up This project began when the owners of a lakeside cottage wanted an addition, but the structural engineer said the walls and footings weren't strong enough. On one visit to the property, they noticed that in spite of harsh...
Silverleaf House
2012 Unlimited Residential Runner-Up Silverleaf House, is one of the most stunning examples of Spanish Colonial architecture in a state known for outstanding examples of this style. ICFs accommodated the design far better than most systems. It was...
Casa Bella Verde
2012 Unlimited Residential Winner (Tie) Situated on the foothills of the Sierra Nevada in Northern California, Casa Bella Verde is a magnificent example of energy efficiency, sustainability, and design ingenuity. More than that, it showcases how ICF...
Maryland Net Zero Home
2011 Unlimited Residential Best in Class Imagine an attractive, late-model automobile with this unique feature: it would create as much fuel as it consumes, and would never need a fill-up. That type of vehicle would receive unprecedented coverage from...
34 Collins Avenue
2011 Unlimited Residential Runner-Up Dewey Beach, Del., is a prime vacation destination for those in nearby Washington D.C., Baltimore and Philadelphia. But the ocean views and quiet streets also present significant construction challenges—especially...
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...
Light Commercial
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...
Willemstad Bank
2013 Light Commercial 1st Runner-Up Located on the Caribbean island of Curaçao in the Dutch Antilles, this project began as an addition onto a colonial bank building originally built in 1778. The addition needed to mimic the finish details of the...
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...
Kiowa County Commons
2011 Light Commercial Best in Class Kiowa County Commons is the centerpiece of the rebuilding effort in Greensburg Kansas. Literally wiped of the map by an EF-5 tornado is 2009, the town has vowed to rebuild using sustainable, disaster resistant...
Cascade Meadows
2011 Light Commercial 1st Runner-Up Cascade Meadows is a science center and meeting space administered by a non-profit organization to teach youth about wetland environments. The building is owned by those who know about the fragility of ecosystems, so...
Buckeye Valley Fire Station
2011 Light Commercial 2nd Runner-Up The Buckeye Valley Fire Station in Arizona is one of a new generation of ICF buildings, riding the leading edge of the green building wave that’s engulfing the light commercial market. At 18,000 sq. ft. the project...
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...
Heavy Commercial
Heninger Toyota
2016 Heavy Commercial 2nd Runner-Up Heninger Toyota is a state-of-the-art automobile dealership built in the heart of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Opened to the public last fall, the service department features a drive-in sensor track, which X-rays the incoming...
Park City Film Studios
2016 Heavy Commercial 1st Runner-Up Park City, Utah, is best known in the entertainment industry as the location of the Sundance Film Festival, the largest independent film festival in the United States. Now, the town is also gaining attention for the new cutting edge...
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...
Cabela’s
2014 Heavy Commercial 2nd Runner-Up Cabela's is a sporting goods store in the original sense of the word. Catering to hunting, fishing, and other outdoor pursuits, it sees itself as "the world's foremost outfitter," dedicated to providing products of exceptional...
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...
Academy at Nola Dunn
2013 Heavy Commercial Winner ICFs have proven to be extremely well-suited for projects in the education sector. This year’s “Best Heavy Commercial” project sets another benchmark. While other Texas schools have incorporated ICF technology, primarily in...
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...
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MultiFamily
Lakeside Residences
2014 Multifamily 1st Runner-UpThe town of Keswick, Ontario, about forty miles north of Toronto, was facing a shortage of affordable housing. The waiting list of singles, seniors and families needing housing assistance in this town was years-long, reportedly topping...
Waterloo 22-Story Dormitory
2013 MultiFamily Winner The city of Waterloo, Ontario, located just west of Toronto is a university town. It's also a hotbed for ICF construction, and the city has built a number of massive ICF student housing projects in recent years. The latest is a...
Ricchi Condos
2013 MultiFamily 1st Runner-Up The Ricchi Condominiums in San Antonio, Texas, is a landmark accomplishment for the ICF industry in South Texas. Jerry Batey, owner of ICF Pros, the ICF installation subcontractor, says, "There have been residential and a...
Hotel L’Esterel
2013 MultiFamily 2nd Runner-Up Estérel Resort is a luxury 4-star destination located in the Laurentide mountains about an hour northeast of Montreal, Quebec. Situated on a narrow peninsula between three lakes, and surrounded by nature, the property is...
Cornerview Apartments
2012 MultiFamily Winner Cornerview Apartments features 15 affordable housing units on three floors. The unique corner windows featured throughout the building are one of its strongest selling points. “High-quality affordable housing with excellent floor...
New Casa
2012 MultiFamily 1st Runner Up The New Casa duplex in Calgary, Alberta, is a great example of how an experienced ICF installer can turn an extremely complex project into a beautiful neighborhood landmark. The challenges began when it became clear the...
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...
