Isle Of Palms Magazine April 2018

14 www.IsleOfPalmsMagazine.com | www.ILoveIOP.com | www.IOPmag.com [ Feature ] house on Molasses Creek in the Hobcaw Subdivision in Mount Pleasant and a home currently under construction on Driftwood Lane in Isle of Palms that’s made of insulating concrete forms, hollow foam blocks that are reinforced with steel rebar and filled with concrete. The 4,400-square-foot home, being built by Southern Structures, also has a concrete roof and groundwater-based heat pumps. It will be “incredibly energy efficient,” according to Crouch. Crouch designed another home facing the beach on Palm Boulevard in IOP on a lot that supposedly couldn’t be built on. “The lot was vacant forever. The city considered buying it for a park because it was unbuildable and because it was loaded with oak trees. But I built on it,” Crouch explained. “It’s not an ordinary house,” he added. “It has a two-sided balcony, two screened porches and an open party deck with a fireplace on top.” And John Crouch is not an ordinary architect. “I wake up every day and still enjoy what I do after 41 years,” said Crouch, who has two children, John and Janet, and a grandchild. “Every project is different. It keeps me interested. I’ve had a wonderful career.” Above: The Visitor Center at Penn Center, a project Crouch worked on while he was with Cummings & McCrady. Below: Jasmin Cottage. Naturalist-guided excursions exploring the salt marshes and islands off of Charleston, SC www.nature-tours.com 843.886.5000