Friday, August 26, 2011

Designer Digs Tour



Pamela Holladay, ASID and the 42nd Street house will be featured in the Designer Digs tour. The tour is scheduled for Saturday-Sunday October 22-23 frin 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tickets are $20 to tour all eight Sarasota homes. The tour highlights 8 house the interior designers have worked on and they will be available to answer any questions you may have. This is a wonderful opportunity to view the 42nd Street house which has recently won the Merit Award of Excellence from the AIA Florida and also the AIA Gulfcoast Chapter.


We look forward to seeing you.









Tuesday, August 16, 2011

CB Wilson House Certified LEED Gold





Seibert Architects, P.A. is pleased to announce that the C.B. Wilson House and Urfer Family Park located in Sarasota Florida has recently been certified by the United States Green Building Council (USGBC) as LEED Gold. This is the third LEED Gold certified project for Sarasota County.



Feature of this certification include limiting the use of potable water for landscape irrigation by 50% through the introduction of drought tolerant plants and low flow irrigation devices, water efficient plumbing fixtures and using energy efficient light fixtures. 75% of construction waste was recycled and thus diverted from the landfill. Appoximately 20% of the material purchased contains recycled content. 48% of the wood was obtained from sustainable forests. Care was taken to use Low or No-VOC (Volatile Organic Compounds) and products without urea-formaldehyde.