Forest Residence

Program:

Single family home in Riverforest, Illinois for a family desiring an environmentally sensitive home.

Features:

• Walls 2′ thick in areas for insulation and solar control
• Home oriented to allow ventilation from summer prevailing winds with wind breaks to avoid winter winds
• Home orientation allows passive solar heating
• Operable transoms and window orientation to allow for whole house natural ventilation
• Geothermal heating and cooling
• Rainwater collection system
• First home in Midwest to be built entirely of certified sustainably harvested wood
• Non toxic building materials and construction methods
  • Agricore cabinet boxes
  • Lyptus wood flooring, cabinet doors and trim
  • Milk paints
  • Bona-Kemi floor finishes
• Original home recycled to the lot next door
• As with all Archimage projects, all cabinetry, millwork and trim systems designed by the architects.