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Article: The New American Home 2006: the 23rd annual iteration of the industry's premier show house marries the comforts of an "all-about-me" living experience with a genuine and thorough concern for resource conservation and energy efficiency.
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- January 1, 2006
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AN EXEMPLARY APPROACH
SET LONG AND NARROW ACROSS A lakefront lot of a budding new community west of Orlando, Fla., The New American Home 2006 looks good from any angle of approach. As the only house in the subdivision so far, and probably the largest even at build-out, it had better. But-regardless of that circumstance, it's obvious that the design-build team took great care in making sure every elevation--in fact, every detail--stands well on its own.
That's a necessity for any well-designed architectural endeavor, but especially when you're a big, fancy house like this one: nearly 7,000 square feet of conditioned space, not counting four garage hays ...