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Trillium Architects, 409 Main Street, Ridgefield, CT 06877, USA203.438.4540

About Trillium Architects

Trillium Architects is a 7 person, full service, boutique architectural firm specializing in Passive House, Net-Zero and off-the-grid new homes, additions, and renovations. Based in Ridgefield, CT, we primarily work in western Connecticut and New York's Hudson Valley, but we've designed homes all over the country.

In 2015 and 2016 we won awards for Best Energy Efficient Home in the USA from both the USGBC and the DOE, we won a 3rd Place International Innovation award which we accepted at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Morocco 2016, and we won Best Emerging Firm in CT from the AIA in 2016.

With the end goal of marrying beauty, usability, and the cutting edge of efficient design, we strive to always make the client experience of building or renovating their home top notch.

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Trillium has a new line of glassware designed specifically for people who like to drink wine in their super energy-efficient houses! There's our first example :-)

Check out our latest pre fab accessory dwelling that is on the boards! https://buff.ly/2TKBsMF

Modern net zero shaping up!

Nice driveway! In college when drinking and we couldn't remember how to say 'nostrovia' we said 'nice driveway!'. But now I really mean it! Great alterative when you have run off issues and apparently is ok with the snow plow too.

The view from the main living area of the #modernmountainretreat has a canopy-level view of the surrounding forest. The road is actually fairly close to the front of the house, but because of the house is uphill it feels like you’re alone in the middle of a nature preserve. #trilliumarchitects

Our ICFs (insulating concrete forms) are finally leaving the staging area! When everything is finished you won’t be able to see most of these walls, but there’s a lot of skilled workmanship in the assembly of these forms. #ForwardReno #TrilliumArchitects

Overnight, someone got ready for Halloween. Our clients wish we could get stuff built this fast!

Trillium received the CTGBC Award of Merit for our Hudson Valley Passive House! This is a BioSphere. 5 wee shrimp live in this sealed glass ball of warer with a small bit of flora. Sunlight feeds the flora, shrimp munch on flora and poop, that in turn fertilizes flora. Perfect circle. Trick is not too much sun! Not too little. Beside it sits the biosphere from 3 years ago still alive and kicking. Thanks to all who made such a fun ceremony last night!

Butterfly treehouse rising out of the summer jungle! Excited to see this cool house taking shape. #modern #naturelovers #super-efficient forever home

Another Foundation to share. This one was really a bear to create. The whole site is on a giant piece of granite. So we had to shave the top off the piece of granite to make a somewhat level site. All of these foundations will be pinned to The Rock. Then watch for the new modern glass box house that will appear above in the coming months!