2008 Small Residential
1st Runner Up
Belevedere Bernova

Project Statistics
Project Name: Belvedere Bernova
Location: Iasi, Moldova, Romania
Type: Private Residence
Size: 2,224 sq. ft. (finished) plus 550 sq. ft. garage
ICF Use: 2,400 sq. ft. (100% exterior walls), plus EPS roof decking and interior walls
Cost: Undisclosed

Project Timeline
Total Construction: June 2003 to August 2004
ICF Installation time: 21 days (walls) 7 days (roof)

Construction Team
Owner: CPM Associates/Cloyd Warnes
Architect: Home Design Services/James Zirkel
General Contractor: TRIMEC, srl/ Horst Hantelmann
ICF Installer: Same as Owner
ICF Distributor: Quad-Lock Building Systems
ICF System: Walls by Quad-Lock ICF /Roof by Plastbau

Fast Facts

• Goal was to introduce ICFs to post-communist Eastern Europe
• First ICF home in Romania. Country now has two ICF distributorships
• First-time crew of former truck mechanics
• Presentation made to mayor, city council, government architect, engineer, and planning commission. Suppliers and community VIPs also attended.
• Built in half the time of traditional construction.
• All-concrete, disaster-proof shell
• Misc. building supplies had to be purchased at muddy, open-air market
• Radiant heat coupled to geothermal heat pump.
• Rainwater collection cistern
• Handicap-accessible with single-level living and 1-meter-wide doorways.