Project Profiles
Small Residential
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...
Casa Del Sol
2009 Small ResidentialWinner The owner/builder of this unique residence wanted to create a net-zero passive solar home that blended seamlessly into the old apple orchard and wildflower meadow that surrounds it.He chose an incredibly complex design for a first-time ICF...
Vitale Residence “Extreme Home Makeover”
2008 Small ResidentialWinner Project Statistics Location: Athens, VermontType: Custom Home, built for Extreme Makeover: Home EditionSize: 2,700 sq. ft. (floor)ICF Use: 95% exterior wallsTotal Construction: 7 daysICF Start-to-Finish Time: Approx. 5 hours Construction...
Beledere Bernova
Small Residential 1st Runner Up Project Statistics Location: Iasi, Moldova, RomaniaType: Private ResidenceSize: 2,224 sq. ft. (finished) plus 550 sq. ft. garageICF Use: 2,400 sq. ft. (100% exterior walls), plus EPS roof decking and interior walls Cost:...
Forest Studio
2008 Small Residential 2nd Runner Up Forest Studio, designed and built by owners Amy Stone and John Rutherford, is great example of how ICFs work just as well for small residences as they do for larger ones. Built adjacent to the Santa Fe National Forest, the home is...
Turner Residence
2007 WinnerSmall Residential The Turner Residence is truly a ground-breaking project. Built on a beautiful, forested lot in rural Tennessee, the project was the first occasion for many people in the county to be exposed to ICFs, including the local building...
The Wentworth Residence
2007 Small Residential 2nd Runner Up Project Statistics Project Name: The Wentworth ResidenceLocation: Escalon, CaliforniaSize: 4,320 sq. ft.Completion Date: Nov. 2007Project Start-to-Finish Time: 10 monthsCost: $825,000 Construction Team Developer/GC: Toledo...
Large Residential
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,...
2008 Home-A-Rama
2009 Large Residential1st Runner-Up Planned as a spec model home, the European-manor style residence needed to be built quickly. Additionally, it needed to be spectacular enough to wow the thousands of visitors on the Northeast Ohio HBA tour.The developer/builder...
Mare Haven
2009 Large ResidentialWinner Like the winner of the small residential category, this home features sweeping radius walls and complex corners. Designed as an “architectural sculpture,” it also has a large number of custom-curved window openings.Inside, the feeling is...
Onekama Home
2008 Large ResidentialWinner Project Statistics Location: Onekama, MichiganType: Zero Energy Custom HomeSize: 4,100 sq. ft. (floor) ICF Use: 90% of exterior walls, plus Lite-Deck flooringCost: UndisclosedTotal Construction: unknown, finished Dec. 2007ICF...
New Southern Home
2007 WinnerLarge Residential The New Southern Home, which was featured on the cover of the Dec. 2007 issue, has been selected as the winner of the Large Residential category of this year’s ICF Builder Awards. (See Home, Solid Home on pp. 36-38 of that issue for more...
Mady Residence
2007 Large Residential1st Runner Up The Mady Residence is one of those projects that has so many outstanding features, it’s hard to know where to start.The size of the home, as seen in photographs, looks much smaller than it’s actual 12,400 sq. ft., which includes a...
Boone Residence
2007 Large Residential 2nd Runner Up The second runner-up in the Large Residential category is the Boone Residence, a 7,500 sq. ft. home in Knights Ferry, Calif.Like most residential ICF construction, the decision to use insulating concrete forms was made by the...
Unlimited Residential
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....
Ashok Chadha Residence
2008 Unlimited Residential2nd Runner Up Project Statistics Location: Frontenac, OntarioType: Private ResidenceSize: 8,290 sq. ft. (floor)ICF Use: 5,500 sq. ft. (walls) plus EPS deckingCost: $241 per sq. ft.Total Construction: Approx. 18 months (June ‘06 to Jan ‘08)...
O’Donnell Residence
2005 Unlimited Residential1st Runner-Up At over 15,000 sq. ft., this project uses nearly every size and shape of Arxx form manufactured. Smith Brothers, the general contractor and ICF installer, had never built with insulating concrete forms before, but were converted...
Light Commercial
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...
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...
East Bay Suites
2006 Light Commercial2nd Runner Up East Bay Suites, a three-story addition to a historic Minnesota hotel, earned 2nd runner-up, light commercial in the 2006 ICF Builder Awards.Connie Chisolm, a marketing manager at Reward Wall Systems, says, “This was a very sensitive...
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...
Boulder County Parks Building
2006 Light Commercial Winner Located adjacent to a busy airport runway, and with a mandate to build “green,” the Boulder County Parks and Open Space Administration Building faced a long list of design challenges. Additionally, a new wing needed to be added to the...
McGinnis Education Center
2005 Light CommercialWinner Protecting and conserving the environment is a major focus of the Boy Scouts of America, so it was only natural that they chose ICFs for a new education center to be built at a scout camp just a few miles from downtown Pittsburgh.“It was a...
Heavy Commercial
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...
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...
Village Suites
2010 Heavy Commercial Best in Class Village Suites, a student dormitory in Oshawa Ontario, Canada, is among the largest ICF projects built in recent years. With about 270,000 sq. ft. of floor space and using 175,000 sq. ft. of ICFs, it’s claimed to be...
Emma B. Ward Elementary
2009 Heavy Commercial2nd Runner-Up A few years ago, a project like this one would be a clear winner in the heavy commercialcategory. The fact that it is one ofthree education facilities in the winners’ circle shows how heavily ICFs have penetrated this market. Emma B....
Crestwood Elementary
2009 Heavy Commercial1st Runner Up While ICF school construction may have become passé in Kentucky, Crestwood Elementary is still a benchmark project. The sheer scale of the project is impressive. The sloping site required a stepped foundation and walls topping 33...
Ironwood Hall
2009 Heavy CommercialWinner Ironwood Hall is innovative. And although designers took the unusual step of removing the exterior insulation from some parts of the ICF wall after it was poured, the project was so creative that the judges felt it deserved top honors in...
Frieze Harley-Davidson
2008 Heavy CommercialWinner A motorcycle dealership may seem an unlikely poster child for environmental sustainability, but Frieze Harley Davidson is no ordinary dealership. The family has operated the dealership, located just across the Mississippi from St. Louis,...
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MultiFamily
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...
Shershni Community
2009 Multi-FamilyWinner Among the grey Soviet-era buildings in the Siberian city of Chelyabinsk, the orange and white clad neighborhood of Shershni stand out as a beacon, signaling a better way to build. Using more than 1.5 million sq. ft. of ICFs, and built over a...
West Village
2008 MultiFamilyWinner This project shows that ICFs perform exceptionally well even on the largest multi-family projects. This is one of the largest and most ICF-intensive projects on record, with more than 98,000 square feet of floor space, and all exterior and...
Brownstones at Maywood Park
2008 MultiFamily 1st Runner Up The Brownstones at Maywood Park is a high-end development project that has set a new standard for downtown Oklahoma City. Built in the Flat Iron District in the heart of downtown, it has helped revitalize the community that surrounds...
Trinity Heights
2008 MultiFamily 2nd Runner Up Built as a retirement community, it was important that Trinity Heights provide safe, comfortable, cost-effective living for older, fixed-income residents. ICF were able to provide lower utility bills, more safety, and quieter living...
E2 City Homes
2007 Multi-Family1st Runner Up E2 City Homes, in Minneapolis, Minn., is one of the first LEED-certified multi-family projects in the state.Designed as a four-plex, the 6,300 sq. ft. building cost $850,000—about $134 per sq. ft. Not bad for a project that seems to have...
Surrey Grand Crowne
2007 Best Multi-Family This year’s contest featured a new category, Multifamily, and the project that took top honors in the new division is Surrey Grand Crowne, a resort condominium in Branson, Mo.One of the major challenges facing the construction team was that the...
