Columbia City Green was designed by Case Architects and is a home project within walking distance of shops, restaurants, farmers markets, schools, libraries, Genesee Park movie theater, grocery stores, Edmunds Light Rail Station, bus routes, and more. The price for such a home is $ 699,000, which is not that big for a 3 bedroom, 2.5 bath home with a garden on a private rooftop terrace overlooking the Eastern Cascade Mountains. The house also includes:
- Great open space, separate living room + bonus room
- Floor-to-ceiling windows that capture a 180 degree mountain. view
- Radiant heat from bamboo and concrete in the ground
- Open stairs with metal railings
- Low toxic colors and surfaces
- Artful siding with a high percentage of recycling
- Energy and water savings of up to 30%
- Insulated concrete forms with a high proportion of recycled content
- Native and edible landscaping
- 800 gallon underground cistern
- Organic garden beds