Project Profiles
Small Residential
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...
Toscana Mia
2007 Small Residential 1st Runner Up Toscana Mia, a Mediterranean-style home built in the Grande Dunes section of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, is a great example of an ICF home where the builder did everything right.Berkley White, the developer and builder of the...
Large Residential
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...
Greenwood Residence
2007 Large Residential2nd Runner-Up The Greenwood ICF home, located just west of Minneapolis, Minn., looks much smaller than it’s actual 10,000 sq. ft. “It’s a great home showcasing how a concrete home can be just as attractive or even more attractive than a...
Gornick Residence
2007 Custom Home1st Runner Up Perhaps no home demonstrates the beauty and versatility of concrete more than this home, built just a few miles south of Minneapolis, Minn.“A very nice family home!” raved one of the judges. “The mix of stone, EIFS, and patterned concrete...
Eagle Rising
2006 Large ResidentialWinner When Bob Lagow began planning his dream home on a beautiful site a few miles north of Ft. Collins, Colo., he wanted it to blend seamlessly with the landscape. “It’s a spectacular piece of land,” Lagow says. “It’s 20 acres backing onto a...
Arxx M—Residence
Luxury and Sustainability are Not Mutually Exclusive When Matt McCoy, owner of South River Construction, set out to build his home in the hill country northeast of San Antonio, Texas, he didn’t intend for it to become a showcase for green building. “It wasn’t...
M Residence
2005 Large Residential2nd Runner-Up “This home is a great blend of luxury and sustainability,” the entry notebook states, and our judges agreed. They also liked the architecture. “Very creative, unique home – nice use of stucco/stone and standing seam roof,” writes...
Parade Home 2005
2005 Large Residential (Custom Home)Winner Strong, Sustainable, and Unique DesignThe judging panel gave the 2005 Best Custom Home high marks for craftsmanship and architecture. “Very unique design –love the originality,” commented one judge. “Super detailing and...
Unlimited Residential
Light Commercial
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
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,...
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...
Cinemagic Atlantis
2008 Heavy Commercial Runner Up In a state known as a hotbed of ICF construction for the previous decade, being the largest ICF project in the state is no idle boast. The 15-screen CineMagic Atlantis theater, located just south of Minneapolis, used more than 83,000...
Alvaton Elementary School
2007 Heavy CommercialWinner Alvaton Elementary, is notable not only for its outstanding architecture and efficiency, but also because it opened a new sector to the entire ICF industry.The story starts in 2004 when Martin Clark, then the local Nudura distributor,...
Seaside Condominiums
2007 Heavy Commercial1st Runner Up Seaside Condominiums, built just yards from the Oregon Coast, is a great example of why insulating concrete forms are taking the commercial construction sector by storm. The project was awarded first runner up in the 2007 ICF Builder...
MegaPlex 20 Theaters
2007 Heavy Commercial2nd Runner-Up The largest ICF project completed to date, the Megaplex 20 theater in South Jordan, Utah, has more than 350,000 sq. ft of ICF walls. Some reach 52 feet high without intermediate floors.It was challenging for other reasons as well:...
Armed Forces Reserve Center
2007 Heavy Commercial1st Runner Up The Armed Forces Reserve Center in Pinellas Park, Fla. was named First Runner Up in the Heavy Commercial category of the ICF Builder Awards.Judges cited the size and architecture of the building, as well as the fact that it...
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MultiFamily
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...
