The FM 1704 Project is a beautiful, high-performance home with an abundance of energy-saving solutions in Elgin. Our clients requested an energy-efficient escape home on a 16-acre site in rural Elgin that would be maintenance friendly, age-in-place adaptable, and whose sculptural quality could harbor for their expressive family.

With its dominant east-west axis, the maximizes control of solar gain control; its placement was carefully adjusted to allow all of the nearby trees to thrive. The standing seam roof’s pitch and azimuth provide optimal solar PV and fills a 20,000-gallon rainwater cistern.

This home was NATiVE built and features a unique design by Lévy Kohlhaas.

• 29,000 gallon rainwater collection tank
• 5.00kW solar array
• Spray foam insulation
• Advanced framing
• Natural day lighting