Kickapoo Dwelling

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We teamed up with Kent and Kathy and their architect Thom Greene to craft this amazing home on 60 acres west of Oregon where they established the Kickapoo Mud Creek Nature Conservancy. The house is a demonstration project in green construction, energy conservation, and alternative energy. We installed wind and solar electrical generation equipment and use passive solar with thermal storage in the structure.

With the support of the Lawrences, we built a very tight, well-insulated, ecologically friendly, and finely detailed home. A normal home requires 40-60 hours of planning before we initiate construction. We spent hundreds of hours on Kickapoo planning, sourcing materials, meeting with the architect, owners, suppliers, and subcontractors before we broke ground.

The end result is a fantastically detailed home which should last many lifetimes. It is the best work we have ever done, and we are very proud of it. In 2008, Kickapoo Dwelling was featured as one of 26 homes worldwide on both the Discovery Channel’s Planet Green Network and HGTV Canada in the series titled “The World’s Greenest Homes.”

Kickapoo Dwelling has been featured in several print and online publications:
Off the Beaten Path – Eco-Structure Magazine
Back to Nature – Custom Home Magazine
Green & Enviable – Condé Nast Portfolio
Photo Tour – on www.portfolio.com
World’s Greenest Homes – Planet Green Network
“WORLD’S GREENEST HOMES” – PLANET GREEN
The Cul-de-Sac Syndrome: Turning Around the Unsustainable American Dream by John F. Wasik

Each year, the Rockford Area Home Builders Association has its I.C.E. (Industry Cutting Edge) awards. We entered Kickapoo Dwelling in six categories and won all 6. In the trim category, we were awarded the highest point total by the judges in any category in the history of the awards.