Caplow Manzano

04/22/2025

New episode = live 🎧🌿
🎙️ Tune in now to the Building Green Podcast with Ladina Schöpf to hear how we created the world’s first WELL-certified home in Miami — and how it’s redefining modern luxury.

https://open.spotify.com/episode/3utElz5GfwkbhE434BjHDo?si=y04wEtsnR1e8Qrc_FEE8SA

https://youtu.be/eaqRcz4LP1Y?si=4af0JkVPwi6uVoMK

04/21/2025

What if luxury meant a home that lasts 100+ years — instead of one that needs replacing in 15? 🏡

In the latest episode of the Building Green Podcast with Ladina Schöpf, we dive into Hypostruction — a new way of building we created that puts health, durability, and sustainability first.

🎧 Now live on YouTube & Spotify
📅 Next episode drops tomorrow — Tuesday, 4/22

If you're careful about what you eat, why not care about what your house is made of?Nathalie Manzano and Ted Caplow didn’t just build a house - they created ...

01/14/2025

Watch the full episode of "Healthy Home Project," featuring our CM1, on the SoFlo Home Project YouTube channel! 📺

Design Expert, Alena Capra, shows you the healthy and sustainable wellness benefits of a home, that won the world’s “WELL Home” award.

01/08/2025

"The most sustainable and healthy home in the world"... that's us! 💚 Tune in to Alena Capra's SoFlo Home Project this Saturday (Jan 11th) at 11:00 AM on WPLG Local 10

11/21/2024

We just won the Quality of Life Award 🏅
from USGBC's 2024 U.S. Local Market Leadership Awards 🏡

"For a project certified in the last two years that has made significant efforts in improving health, wellbeing, resilience, and equity for building occupants and their communities, making spaces not just environmentally friendly but also people-friendly."

Quality of life is exactly what we’re about. Thank you to U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) 💚

10/04/2024

excerpt from Building Against the Mold: A Climate-Resilient Approach

by Blaine Brownell
in ARCHITECT magazine

"Climate change is not only accompanied by elevated temperatures and more severe weather, but also another growing problem: mold. Increased heat and storm activity are taking a toll on building envelopes, which are more likely to deteriorate and allow water intrusion. According to the U.S. EPA Climate Change Adaptation Resource Center (ARC-X), these conditions are conducive to mold and fungi growth, “increasing the likelihood of occupants’ exposure and resulting health effects.” This phenomenon is of greatest concern in humid climates, such as in the eastern half of the U.S., since high relative humidity (RH) can further encourage mold growth. And the sea level rise anticipated in coastal areas compounds the problem.

Making building facades more robust is a logical reaction. In addition, a less obvious but likely more effective response is to reengineer envelope assemblies—including interior finishes—to discourage mold entirely. This is the objective of Miami-based design firm Caplow Manzano, which is reconsidering the material composition of residential building to adapt to these climate-related threats and maintain optimal occupant health."

Miami's Caplow Manzano introduces 'hypostruction' to combat mold and enhance occupant health amid rising temperatures and severe weather.

09/06/2024

We've just achieved LEED Platinum® certification 🏆

This is the highest rating level granted by the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED v4 rating system. LEED is the world’s most widely used green building program, created by USGBC, that provides a framework for healthy, highly efficient, and cost-saving green buildings.

• 8th Platinum-rated LEED v4 single family in Florida
• 2nd Platinum-rated LEED v4 single family in Miami
• 1st LEED and WELL certified single family in the world

Thank you to the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC)

Proud of our entire team for creating this amazing home.

Miami – there's more on the way!

08/13/2024

“Inside a South Florida home, water is the enemy, whether it comes in the form of rain, humidity or rising seas. Resistance to water is the key to longevity, and to gaining all of the environmental and health benefits that go with it.

The homes that we build today should be designed to be, in essence, waterproof.”

Read the full op-ed in the Sun Sentinel

Local governments have given developers the ability to produce housing in South Florida that will withstand our future climate, but the battle will be won in the private sector, writes engineer, in…

06/26/2024

"We’re building the future of Miami as we see it. We’re thinking long-term."
- Ted Caplow

"After Irma, we were thinking about how housing is unsustainable in Florida, how we’d been building in a way that doesn’t really make sense for the climate and the environment."
- Nathalie Manzano

Caplow and Manzano hatched a plan to build a new and innovative company, Caplow Manzano, Inc., that now has a staff of 12 with offices on Virginia Street in Coconut Grove. Their CM1 WELL house is just one of several the company has in various stages of development and permitting.

Big thanks to Hank Resnik at the Coconut Grove Spotlight! Full article here:

https://coconutgrovespotlight.com/2024/06/24/for-grove-duo-health-is-where-the-home-is/

06/18/2024

[CM1] exemplifies Caplow Manzano’s mission to upend traditional design and construction methods. At the center of the innovative applications is a philosophy coined by the firm: “hypostruction.” This design approach eliminates the use of drywall and expansive ducting, and other building components and materials known to harbor dust, mold, and allergen particulates.

CM1 by Caplow Manzano is the first WELL-certified residence and a prototype for an innovative construction method dubbed “hypostruction” by its architects.

06/13/2024

CM1’s on-site rainwater management system mitigates flooding and reduces water runoff into Miami’s waterways.

06/04/2024

"Caplow Manzano’s CM1 is not just a home; it’s a revolution in residential design. Achieving the first-ever certification under the WELL for residential standard, CM1 exemplifies how homes can be built to support human health and well-being. This certification is a rigorous, evidence-based, and third-party verified process, and Caplow Manzano's success places them at the forefront of a global movement toward healthier living environments."

Thank you Dwell 🏡

Project in Coral Way, Miami, Florida posted by Caroline Davis