Civano House

Photograph by Scott Feltheim, courtesy of SDG architecture LLC.

Project details

• Project Name: Civano House
• Location of Site: Tucson, Arizona, USA
• Design Team: Scott Feltheim, RA, ALA
• Project Type: Residential
• Client: Private
• Contractor/s: CNN Development
• Site Area: 5080 square feet
• Built-up Area: 1340 square feet
• Cost of Construction: $90 per square foot
• Date of completion: Fall 2004

Photograph by Scott Feltheim, courtesy of SDG architecture LLC.

Words from the architect

Brief: Basic 4 bedroom, 2 bath house on as small one story footprint as possible

Photograph by Scott Feltheim, courtesy of SDG architecture LLC.

Concept: Group the program requirements into public and private. The public became the larger, open space in the middle, with the smaller private spaces feeding into it. Based in the concept of pavilion - the large open space opens onto more intimate space. The orientation was for solar control as well as views of the nearby mountains. The north and south sides open to outdoor courtyards, creating more space

Photograph by Scott Feltheim, courtesy of SDG architecture LLC.

Materials: Wood frame 2x6 construction due to cost, ease and better insulation. No VOC paints for health, mud adobe walls outside for environment and texture

Photograph by Scott Feltheim, courtesy of SDG architecture LLC.

Photograph by Scott Feltheim, courtesy of SDG architecture LLC.

Credits

• Text: Scott Feltheim
• Photographs: Scott Feltheim