The Y-shaped layout provides ample opportunity to take in views of the lake and gardens surrounding the home through the floor-to-ceiling glass. “It's not a large space, 1,881-square-feet, but with the 9-foot ceilings and all the 8-foot windows and doors you feel like you're still outside,” Sara said. E-Series windows and doors are used throughout the home, but the architects specified E-Series Gliding Patio Doors instead of windows wherever possible. This was done to optimize the views and airflow. It also allowed them to specify non-operable E-Series Picture Windows, with triple-pane glass, in order to improve energy efficiency.
The builder of this home, Hagstrom Builder brought the elegant design to life resulting in a “masterpiece of modern architecture” as Marketing Director Erik Hagstrom put it. But tackling the complex details that make the design sing was only part of it, they also executed in a way that ensures the sustainability built into the plans works as intended including, of course, flawless installation of windows and doors and the high-performance building envelope. Other sustainable features of the home include a heat pump, solar access, radiant floor heating, and sustainable materials — thermally modified pine siding and a metal roof.