Page 19 - Green Builder Magazine March-April 2018 Issue

HOME OF THE YEAR AWARDS
14-53 GB 0318 HOTY-revised.indd
10th Annual
Grand Overall Winner
This off-grid mountain
retreat is designed to
sip energy, resist wildfire
and return to the forest at
the end of its life.
BY JULIET GRABLE
HEN ANDREW MICHLER began designing
his award-winning passive house, he knew
he had a tough client: his family. The
MARTaK Passive House, located near the
one-stoplight town of Masonville, Colo.,
W was to serve as an off-grid family retreat.
Consequently, it had to be flexible, accommodating
and architecturally interesting, as well as perform in a
tough climate.
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