The Charleston Single House, unique to Charleston, SC, features a narrow, side-facing layout influenced by Caribbean architecture. Key design elements include side piazzas and central hallways. This style maximizes lot use, improves ventilation, and offers fire protection, reflecting historical and cultural adaptation.
While we can make a weekend DIY project of shoring up minor problems in our homes to lower heating costs, the science of the whole house approach is doing it the right way from the start. It begins with a home performance assessment that is customized for every home, and the solutions that emerge make for a more comfortable, healthy, energy efficient home whose retrofit will ultimately pay for itself.
The Cigar Factory has been intertwined in the history of Charleston as a functioning symbol of national economic recovery – first as a textile mill during the Reconstruction and later as vital employer during the Great Depression.
