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Clean choices. The Rumford 1000 fireplace, which has earned the EPA Clean Air Excellence award, produces 93 percent fewer emissions
than a standard open fireplace.
materials as locally as possible. Though not LEED certified, the home and door systems provide transparency and views on the lake side
is designed and built to align with LEED standards, and it exceeds and privacy from the approach side. Large pitched overhangs protect
all Washington State energy codes. windows and entries from the weather and solar gain in the summer.
Ewing served as lead architect for the project. David Law, as project USAP Cem-Clad fiber cement panels were purchased from a
architect, worked with Ewing’s original design and interfaced with local warehouse less than 150 miles from the site. The design called
the owners and the general contractor, Corner Stone Construction out specific requirements for the panels—beveling the edges, for
Inc. Law made several trips to Washington during the process. instance—and many different dimensions.
“It’s always nice to talk to local contractors and find out how things “The contractor did a fantastic job managing details, such as the
are done in that region,” says Law. “For example, we don’t see a lot spacing of joints and the locations and distances between exposed
of ICF [Insulated Concrete Form] buildings down here in So-Cal.”
ICFs were used for the below-grade walls, while the above-ground
walls are wood framed. A good part of the framing is left exposed Project Stats
on the interior.
NAME: Hale/Carpenter Residence, Vancouver, Wash.
BUILDER: Thomas McKone, Corner Stone Construction Inc.
OUT AND ABOUT THE INSIDE
The exterior of this modern-style home is characterized by parapet ARCHITECT: Douglas Ewing, Ewing Architects Inc.,
www.ewingarchitects.com
walled boxes clad with fiber cement panels that are in dialogue with PHOTOS: Jordan Sleeth, Jordan Sleeth Photography
horizontal cedar siding and metal-clad pitched roofs. Large window

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