The New American Home 2005 Blends Universal Design With Mediterranean Splendor

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Builder’s Show Takes Place in Orlando in January
RISMEDIA, Nov. 10 — The New American Home? 2005 will feature a distinctive design that unites luxury with evolving lifestyle needs at the International Builders? Show (IBS) hosted by the National Association of Home Builders, Jan. 13-16 in Orlando.

?The New American Home (TNAH) has a 22 year tradition of showcasing innovative new building techniques and groundbreaking interior design, and this year?s home is no exception,? said chair of the 2005 Task Force C.W. Edwards, a builder from Marietta, Ga. ?The New American Home is a perennial highlight of the International Builders? Show, prompting builders who tour the home to incorporate new design and architectural ideas and leading edge products into the houses they build across the nation.?

Builder Goehring and Morgan Construction, Inc. collaborated with architects Bloodgood Sharp Buster Architects and Planners, Inc. and interior designer Saxon-Clark to craft an elegant Mediterranean-style home with family-friendly amenities that works in harmony with the outdoor environment.

?We believe we?ve designed a home that is not only integrated with the natural environment, but that supports a lifestyle that allows families to grow and age in comfort,? said Kim Goehring, President of Goehring and Morgan Construction. ?We achieved that by constructing a home that embraces, but is not overpowered by, new technology and automation,? added architect Ed Binkley, a partner with Bloodgood Sharp Buster.

The handicapped-accessible, 9,036 square-foot house incorporates home automation, new technology, energy efficiency and healthy home construction techniques. TNAH will use 47 percent less energy for heating and cooling, and 64 percent less energy for water heating, than a traditionally constructed house of a similar size in the same climate. Other high-tech features include technology that will link a dozen televisions positioned throughout the house with telephones, computers, lights, and security and audio systems, which easily can be controlled via touch-screen keypads and remotes, coupled with LCD (liquid-crystal display) monitors that allow computers and televisions to be used interchangeably. Further, homeowners will be able to program lights, control shades, monitor the front door, activate the sprinkler system, turn on the central vacuum and chlorinate the swimming pool from anywhere in the house.

TNAH includes a master suite, four bedrooms, library, game room, private courtyard with a pool and a spacious three-car garage.

The National Council of the Housing Industry, NAHB?s organization of building product manufacturers and suppliers, annually sponsors The New American Home with BUILDER magazine.

The New American Home 2005 is located at 4397 New Broad in Orlando, about 10 miles from the Orange County Convention, in Baldwin Park, an upscale, mixed-use development with architecture reminiscent of the pre-1940s Central Florida era.

Registered attendees at the 2005 International Builders? Show can tour The New American Home during exhibit hours, Thursday, Jan. 13 through Sunday, Jan. 16, with shuttle buses departing every half hour from the Orange County Convention Center. Tickets for the shuttle bus are free and required, and can be picked up at The New American Home booth located in the ?C? Hall Lobby, West building. For more information concerning NCHI or TNAH, please contact Tucker Bernard, NCHI Senior Director at 800-368-5242, ext. 8519, or tbernard@nahb.com. For more details, visit www.tnah.com.

The International Builders? Show is a trade show for residential construction professionals and is not open to the public. To register online, visit www.buildersshow.com.

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