A beautiful home above Manitou Springs, Colorado with breath-taking mountain and city views.
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Home Above the Clouds
This custom, ICF rancher designed by architect, David Langley, is a comfortable, stylish, easy to live in home for the owner.
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Krafthaus
This beautiful custom residence features Foxblock insulated concrete exterior walls, a Litedeck structural concrete lid, geothermal radiant heating and cooling, Photovoltaic and Zola European windows. This home is designed to provide its homeowners with comfort and the peace-of-mind that it can withstand the forces of Mother Nature. 1st place winner of the ICF Builder Awards Large Residential Division and People’s Choice Award.
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Florissant Ranch Home
Beautiful property with panoramic valley and mountains views. Perfect location for this ranch with walkout basement.
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Guest Cottage – Completed February 2021
Bigger isn’t always better. This 1020 sq. ft. guest house features everything that we include in our larger custom homes: efficient, ICF construction, in-floor radiant heat, quality finishes and the Energy Star rating that we achieve with all homes we build.
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Earth Sheltered Homes (A Case for Hobbit Homes)
I’ve been more than a little obsessed with the idea of Hobbit homes, especially after I learned that, yes, people can actually live in their own hole in the ground. The proper term for these types of homes are “earth sheltered homes” and which, as it turns out, ICF’s lend themselves well to.
Continue readingSustainable Building: A Quick Reference to Terms & Certifications
When it comes to building sustainably, there are many different ways to go about it, and even more when considering all of the possible certifications that get tossed around. But what do all these certifications and terms mean? Some may be similar, but they aren’t all interchangeable. Home Energy Rating System (HERS) Index: This is […]
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Solarpunk & An Interview with Optopia Magazine
The origins of solarpunk trace back to 2008 with a post on a blog called Republic of the Bees. The idea of the post was to create a subgenre of speculative fiction similar to steampunk, but rather than the alternative realities of steampunk where steam power and Victorian technologies remained prevalent, it would be based on renewable technologies like wind and solar power.
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Reduce, Reuse, & Recycle Less
When you hear the slogan, “reduce, reuse, recycle,” which of the three R’s rings as most important in your mind? If it’s “recycle,” you’re not alone. The importance of the third “R” is often focused on and overemphasized in media and advertising while the other two R’s are glazed over. What you might not know, […]
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