When he heard that a family friend had bought a plot of land for her new residence in North Dallas, Paul Merrill, a project architect for 5G Studio, saw it as a unique opportunity. The firm would design its first single-family house and, thanks to the trust already established between client and architect, develop a useful prototype for sustainable living in the hot Texas suburb.
Merrill knew the client wanted to leave a light ecological footprint, but earning LEED certification was not in the original plan. (Nevertheless, the house, completed in 2016, has earned a LEED Platinum rating and is net positive energy, meaning it produces more energy than it uses.)
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