Joey Mines Green House

Construction is underway on the latest SUSTAIN house project  — a custom designed residence for outdoorsman Joey Mines.  The home, being built by ACCMS construction, is located in Lagrange, Georgia on the shores of beautiful West Point Lake.  Located within The Settings of West Point Lake, the home will showcase sustainable materials throughout.   
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Eco Principles

Fresh air and sunshine, blue skies and clean water.  These aren’t really things you think about when building a home. We think they should be.  The materials that are used to build your home create the environment that you will live in.  You’re careful about what you put into your body, so shouldn’t you be [...]

NISHIKIhouse

The dramatic lines of the NISHIKIhouse do little to underscore the warmth of the interior spaces.  Entering the foyer an organic Eykon textured wallcovering covers the floating wall, while random sized windows stream in constant, museum quality, north lighting .  The main living area is in the large rectangular wood form, and the wood doesn’t stop on [...]

ELMhouse

The ELMhouse proves that “square” doesn’t have to be a big box.  This design represents a challenge the architect gave herself to utilize the cost efficiency of a square building while creating a plan that is livable and unique.  Basic geometry dictates the house is less expensive to build due to minimized exterior wall surface.  The [...]

CEDARhouse

The CEDARhouse is our smallest design in the Modern Forest Series at 1,700 s.f.  Beautiful stained cedar exterior walls extend inside the house to Teragren wall panels for an abundance of interior woodwork.  The entry foyer is a nature lover’s dream, with large windows looking out to the reflecting pool at the front of the house [...]

WILLOWhouse

Like the namesake willow tree, the WILLOWhouse shares a connection with water from the moment you walk in the door.  Entering the foyer either through the front door, or from the garage you will be looking through a picture window to the cascading waterfall just outside.   The water feature is made possible by a recirculating pump fed by the [...]

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