Trillium Architects Taft School Faculty Residence Project is up for "LEED for Homes Single Family Project of the Year" for the USGBC...
Trillium Architects at Fairfield Earth Day with CTGBC April 30
Great to have CTGBC and award-winning Trillium Architects, Elizabeth DiSalvo join us at #FEDC2016
The new spring colors are out!
Ridgefield modern house almost done
Cool Article featuring Trillium Architects in Fairfield County's The Beat Magazine
Stamford New Construction progress
Survey says... most homeowners want Eco-Friendly
Sometimes it ISN'T easy being Green ; )
Trillium Team Building!
Third time's a charm for the Trillium team at the 2015 CTGBC Awards
2015 CTGBC Residential Award of Honor – CT Green Building Council
2015 1st place Housing Innovation Award (Top National Award for Best House in USA!)- U.S. Department of Energy
2014 Net Zero Award, 3rd Place - CT Zero Energy Challenge
The Taft School Faculty House, designed by Trillium Architects and built by BPC builders, won the 2015 CTGBC Residential Award of Honor. The house was commissioned by the Taft School (a private secondary boarding school in Litchfield County) to serve as an example to the public and a learning tool for their students.
To that end the house achieved the following certifications:
· Passive House
· LEED Platinum
· Net Zero
· Living Building Challenge (3 Petals)
This is the 3rd CTGBC Residential Award that the team at Trillium has won. They won the CTGBC Residential Award of Merit in both 2012 and 2013.
Trillium Architects wins CTGBC 2015 Green Building Award!
Ridgefield new construction progress
Ridgefield Rewinds Super 70's Summer Fest
New house on the water in Stamford
We have been working on two houses on the water in Stamford over the past year. One is a new 5,000 sf home. The other is an addition and renovation to an existing home. They are both in Dolphin Cove. A lovely residential enclave. These are some photos of the new house under construction. What amazing views!
We love this house because of the room proportions- simple rectangles with tall ceilings, not too large and not too small. We also love that it will be a light filled white washed interior. It is great to have a client with sophisticated and simple taste!
A phoenix rises from the ashes in Wilton
This is a new 2 story house we are working on in Wilton. The original house burned down in a house fire 2 years ago.
Interesting facts: When your house burns in a fire, insurance pays to replace the house and to bring anything that was not to code - up to code. It involves a ton of paper work and a lot of time. This is the second family we have helped rebuild after a house fire. And, while it is exciting to get a new house, I don’t think either family would wish the process or the loss on anyone else. After a lot of healing time and a ton of hassle, we are very happy that this family is finally underway with their construction.
A New Canaan retrofit is underway!
The New Canaan House is closed in, sealed up, and passed its rough in inspection. Now it is ready for insulation. This house is a bit different than the usual ‘spray foamed’ energy efficient house in that it is wrapped entirely with rigid foam boards in one form or another and then the wall cavities will be filled with dense pack cellulose.
On the roof we have 4” thick sips panels that use polyisosanurate insulation board adhered to OSB boards. On the walls we are using Zip R sheathing which is basically the same thing but with only 1 3/8” of polyiso insulation board. We area also strapping the existing 2x4 walls to make them the same width as the new 2x6 walls to optimize dense packed cellulose R values.
The bottom line: Our total R value for the roof is about R50 and for the walls R26.
The crawl space will be foam insulation boards as well and we will achieve an R 30 there.
Plus all of the walls will be very well air sealed.
Pretty good for a retrofit!
Cool new modern home under construction in Ridgefield
In this Ridgefield house, there were two things worth keeping from the existing ranch house that sat on the site: the foundation, which was in good shape, and the incredible views looking towards the sunset (see first photo).
So we are building a new house using the original foundation (shown at lower right in the second photo), and with a wall of glass looking over that view. The homeowners are an artist and a doctor, who want to be able to welcome their grown children home for visits. At the same time, they wanted the main floor of the home to be comfortable for two, so extra space for visiting family was incorporated in the walk-out basement - again, with every room oriented towards that wonderful view.
In the photo below, you can see the centerpiece of the main floor, the open living and dining room area with its lofty 13 foot ceilings. Temporary bracing obstructs the view right now, but when the house is complete, visitors will be able to see clear through the front entry – shown where the ramp is in the photo – all the way through to the glass wall on the west. Also visible below is the massing of the house: created of discrete volumes, each with the same pitch of roof, the shape of the house was designed to maximize the original foundation without appearing over-scaled or bulky.
At this stage, you can see the green Zip-R sheathing, which in the last photo is shown with blue taping at the seams to keep the structure as airtight and energy-efficient as possible. We’ve specified additional insulating materials for a snug envelope – yet to be installed. Also visible in the last photo is the LVL beam at middle right – this will be wrapped in cedar and will support a welcoming pergola at the entrance. As construction continues, the extensive glazing and clean, simple detailing of the house will help this house take its modern shape – check back here for more updates. Meanwhile, you can see more construction progress photos of this project in our In Progress section .
Off the grid house in Litchfield County has started construction!
Fairfield, CT ~ Wetlands approval!
We love this kitchen!
We love how this contemporary kitchen renovation in Stamford turned out. We did have to take a few walls out to make this happen, but what beautiful results! Check out the before picture!
Stay tuned for more photos of this incredible transformation!