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Farr House
Project Information
- Project Location:
- Tampa, FL
- Status:
- Completed - Mar 2015
- Structure Type:
- House
- LEED Certification (target):
-
Certified
Scope Of Work
The FARR HOUSE is a custom home designed by Fieldstone Architecture and Engineering and is now a LEED For Homes Registered Project and also a LEED For Homes official Project Under Construction. The 3,975 square foot home sits on a double lot in the historic Riverhills neighborhood adjacent to the Hillsborough River in Temple Terrace, Florida.
With a clean contemporary design, the home has an upper level containing 2 guest bedrooms with their own baths and a loft space. The primary living space is located on the ground floor and includes an art studio, a master bedroom and his and her bathrooms that literally hug two 100 year old oak trees. The outdoor living space includes a linear covered pool and Ipe wood decking throughout. The client required a design that had a low impact on the site, a high amount of building function, a high performance building envelope, be environmentally sensitive and achieve an official LEED certification level.
The home has a geothermal heating and cooling system, the ground floor is stained concrete, the building envelope is constructed using ICF (insulated concrete form) walls with an R-value over 40, the grounds are a ‘‘xeriscape” (no maintenance needed), the driveway is a permeable surface (rain water passes through the surface), and the outdoor decking and interior floor is done in Ipe wood.
The Farr House will be hosting a USGBC (United States Green Building Council) tour open to students and community in the near future. The City of Temple Terrace will present the design team with a Certificate of Appreciation.
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