Family heritage abounds in this design for a farmhouse in western North Dakota.

The house, beginning with the original family homestead house, has been added to and remodeled multiple times over the last 80 years.  The original small homestead house (approximately 12’ x 16’) is now hard to discern, but it’s spirit is very evident.

A third generation family member, in turn, is modernizing and enlarging the family home for the next generation.

Creating a home that was energy efficient was very important to the family.  We were able to help develop a wall system that gave them the tightly insulated house that could sustain the hard North Dakota winters.  The system starts at the foundation where we were able to use ICF’s ( Insulated Concrete Forms).  These ICF’S help insulate the floor slab form the cold ground temperature.  The wall system itself was also designed to be energy efficient as we were able to use closed cell spray foam system that provides a far superior insulting barrier.  The system was also able to create a drainage plane for the exterior finishes.  This plane will allow for the exterior siding to dry fully prolonging its life.