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Net-Zero Muse­um Exem­pli­fies The Sus­tain­able Resilience of the MHA Nation. The MHA Inter­pre­tive Cen­ter is an edu­ca­tion­al muse­um and nature cen­ter owned and gov­erned by the Man­dan Hidat­sa Arikara Nation. Hous­ing some of the most sacred objects and arti­facts of the MHA Nation, the struc­ture includes a large, 80-foot radius wall with an obser­va­tion deck over­look­ing Lake Sakakawea, which was built to align with the Nation’s val­ues and embrace sus­tain­abil­i­ty and respect to the earth.

The home­own­ers want­ed to build a home that would be beau­ti­ful, func­tion­al, and sus­tain­able. They brought in an ICF expert con­trac­tor who select­ed Fox Blocks as the ide­al build­ing mate­r­i­al to accom­plish the home­own­ers goals. This home was built direct­ly into a nat­ur­al rock ledge and fea­tures large cov­ered porch­es and breeze­ways on the exte­ri­or and beau­ti­ful oak floors through­out the inte­ri­or. 

For proven strength and per­for­mance, the Fox Blocks Series is the basis for suc­cess­ful foun­da­tions, walls and build­ings.

The home­own­er want­ed to build a mul­ti­fam­i­ly high-per­for­mance home as part of the Detroit Revi­tal­iza­tion Pro­gram, an ini­tia­tive in the region that aims to sus­tain and grow neigh­bor­hoods.

The own­ers want­ed an ener­gy-effi­cient facil­i­ty where they could pro­vide inde­pen­dent liv­ing, pal­lia­tive, and end-of-life care in Ontario, Cana­da.

Con­struct­ed dur­ing one of the worst win­ters in over 30 years, hav­ing over 8′ of snow fall dur­ing the 12 weeks of Fox Blocks con­struc­tion.

Fox Blocks pro­vid­ed a struc­tur­al sys­tem that allowed the exist­ing church to be expand­ed.