worlds tallest glass tree

LCH & CCI Donate to Worlds Tallest Glass Tree

We are exited to be a part of this community wide event at Yerkes Observatory!

Lowell Custom Homes and Corporate Contractors Inc are donating equipment and materials to construct 2022’s Glass Tree in front of the legendary Yerkes Observatory at 3737 W. Geneva St in historic Williams Bay.Worlds Tallest Glass Tree

The Tree is crafted using recycled glass bottles donated by the community, crushed, and melted in a mobile furnace to the consistency of honey. Artists will wrap the liquid glass around a 31-foot tall spinning steel structure until it is covered entirely in glass. On the event’s final night, a four-and-a-half-foot tall hand-blown star tops off the Tree for a total height of 35-and-a-half feet.

Free to the public, the World’s Tallest Glass Tree promotes lifelong family memories, inspiring children and adults alike.

This festive, creative celebration of the holiday season takes place over three weekends (Fridays through Sundays), Dec. 2-4, 9-11, and 16-18. At sundown on Sunday, Dec. 18, topping the Tree with a four-and-a-half-foot tall blown glass star completes the installation.

To help “grow” the Tree, Elliott and Mack invite everyone in attendance to donate glass. A collection bin will be available on-site to accept and sort community-donated clear and green bottles, jars, and vases. No window glass, please.

“We’ll gather the glass bottles and jars donated to us, break them up, and shovel them into the furnace. The labels, caps, spaghetti sauce, baby food, or whatever remains of the contents on or in the glass gets burned away, and out comes a crystal-like substance,” said Mack. “The community helps build the sculpture and becomes a part of the project. That’s what makes the Tree event so exciting; we all establish it together.”

Visitors will enjoy live demonstrations of glass-blowing, woodworking, and steel sculpting and can shop at an attached Winter Maker Market with local handmade wares and fine art purveyors. This year’s event also features special guest, Netflix star and renowned sculptor Rae Ripple, in collaborative demos with Jason Mack and his glass-blowing team. Throughout the weekend, onlookers can expect many live exhibitions showcasing a variety of innovative mediums.

The Winter Maker Market will offer handmade goods, fine art sculptures, and Mack’s one-of-a-kind hand-blown trees and ornaments. Mack’s pieces are also available for purchase online at mackglass.com.

Yerkes Observatory will conduct its Space & Spaces Tours inside the Observatory in accordance with the festival schedule. These tours focus on the Observatory’s extensive restoration, historic architecture, and the astronomy stories of Yerkes, with an opportunity to see the world’s largest refracting telescope. For ticket prices, tour times, and reservations, visit yerkesobservatory.org.

Jason Mack, an Illinois State University graduate, has been creating hand-blown glass and other types of glass projects since 2000. From 2008-2010, he and Elliott built community glass Christmas trees and sculptures in Bloomington, IL. In 2020 and 2021, Mack made community Glass Christmas Trees in Champaign, IL. He currently lives and works in Champaign, developing his portfolio and teaching classes through Parkland Community College.

Rob Elliott, a graduate of Illinois State University, is a successful entrepreneur and philanthropist who resides between Williams Bay and Milwaukee with his family. Rob’s high-energy and creative approach creates successful events and unique, custom projects.

For more information about Jason Mack’s work, you can find him on Facebook at Mack Glass, Instagram @WorldsTallestGlassTree, email him at jason@mackglass.com or visit mackglass.com

For more information about Rob Elliott’s work, you can find him on Facebook at Rob Elliott,
Instagram @RobertTElliott1, email him at Rob@theblankcanvasproject.com or visit theblankcanvasproject.com

For more information about Yerkes Observatory, you can find them on Facebook at
Yerkes Observatory, Instagram @WorldsTallestGlassTree, or visit them online at yerkesobservatory.org

For information about all of the amazing Holiday Events happening in the Lake Geneva Area this winter visit visitlakegeneva.com

 

 

 

 

Lowell Wins Best of Geneva Lake!

We Thank You!

The voting is over!   With your support Lowell Won Best of Geneva Lake again this year!

Our heartfelt thanks to everyone who voted Lowell Custom Homes as the

Winner of 

#BestHomeImprovementContractor

and as a Favorite 

#BestPlaceToWork

We are truly honored!

Lowell Custom Homes, a division of CCI, has been building and remodeling iconic Geneva Lake homes for over 40 years. Our team of dedicated professionals excel in quality craftsmanship and trustworthy homeowner communication. From design to completion, the Lowell experience is seamless and stress-free. As a business division of Corporate Contractors Inc (CCI), a leading general contracting firm, we are able to offer even more to fulfill your dream of the perfect home, whether we’re building your vision from the ground up or remodeling your current residence.

Scott Lowell, Kim LaCroix, Brad Austin

Corporate Contractors Inc Finalizes Acquisition of Lowell Custom Homes

CCI acquires Lowell Custom Homes.
Left: Scott Lowell, President Emeritus Lowell Custom Homes
Middle: Kim LaCroix, VP Lowell Custom Homes
Right: Brad Austin, President Corporate Contractors Inc (CCI)


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CORPORATE CONTRACTORS INC FINALIZES ACQUISITION OF LOWELL CUSTOM HOMES

A noteworthy addition to CCI’s superior construction offerings

BELOIT, WI (June 6, 2022): Corporate Contractors Inc (CCI) is pleased to announce it has acquired the business and several assets of Lowell Custom Homes (LCH), an elite residential construction business located in Lake Geneva, Wis. 

Founded by Scott Lowell in 1981, LCH has developed a highly respected reputation as a premier custom home builder in the Lake Geneva region. In addition to fostering valued relationships that span generations, LCH’s success is attributed to their personal approach to home-building and remodeling that includes creating innovative designs with an in-house architectural team and delivering quality craftsmanship.

“We have a tremendous respect for what Lowell Custom Homes has accomplished under Scott’s leadership”, commented Brad Austin, CCI President. “Both CCI and LCH share similar values as they relate to our associates and clients, community support, and a commitment to excellence. We are thrilled to welcome the talented LCH team members to CCI and are grateful for the opportunity to offer custom home building services as well as our commercial and industrial construction capabilities.”

Over the past 40 years, LCH has designed and crafted more than 250 iconic homes. Additionally, the company has received several distinguished awards including Best of Houzz Service and Design, Best of Walworth County, and Best of Geneva Lakes. 

Scott Lowell, Lowell Custom Homes Founder remarked, “I have worked with Corporate Contractors Inc. for approximately seven years and respect everything about their operation, their management and field staff and, most importantly, their culture and dedication to ‘doing the right thing.’ For this reason, I reached out to CCI and after just two meetings, I knew they were the perfect landing place for our clients, our team, and the Lowell Legacy”.   

Now as Lowell Custom Homes, a division of CCI, the company will continue to offer custom luxury home buyers trustworthy service and high-quality workmanship. With Scott Lowell to remain in a leadership position, LCH will be a noteworthy addition to CCI’s superior construction offerings.

About CCI

Corporate Contractors, Inc. (CCI) is a leading general contracting firm in southern Wisconsin and is owned by Diane Hendricks. For more than four decades, CCI has offered clients unique insights and valued construction solutions on a vast number of projects of all types, sizes, and complexities. With project experience in industrial, commercial, education, multi-family, hospitality, healthcare, and more the CCI team is passionate about providing thoughtful construction services. Learn more by visiting cciwi.com. 

About Lowell Custom Homes, a division of CCI

Lowell Custom Homes has been crafting iconic luxury homes in the Lake Geneva and Chicagoland areas for over 40 years. Whether designing from the ground up or doing a complete remodel, the talented Lowell Custom Homes team ensures that every detail is executed perfectly. Furthermore, Lowell’s professionals make the whole process easy and as stress-free as possible for the client before, during and after construction.  Visit pdw.mzi.mybluehost.me to learn more.

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Lowell Wins Best of Houzz 2022!

We are beyond excited to announce that Lowell Custom Homes was awarded the Best Of Houzz 20202

Less than 4% of the 2.7 million home design and building professionals on Houzz receive a Best of Houzz Award each year. This is seven years in a row that Lowell has received special recognition.  That would be every year since we joined Houzz!  We thank all of the 65 million participants world-wide for choosing our projects!

Here is our most loved and inspirational picture of the year!

 

Browse through all of the Lowell winning photos right here!

You’ll also notice winning photos from our neighbors, Geneva Cabinet Company.

Follow us on Houzz to view our custom home and remodeling projects.  Remember to create Ideabooks.  That is the best way to  save your Lowell favorites!  This is our favorite way to fashion a personal Look Book for inspiration with future design and remodeling projects.

Houzz is the largest residential database in the USA and around the world.  They connect millions of people with ideas and resources for their home projects, large and small.

We love being a part of this network and hope you’ll visit our Houzz portfolio right here.

We invite you to also stay in touch by signing up for our blog where we cover the latest design ideas and inspirational projects!

(of course we never share your personal information)

Building a new home or remodeling can be an exciting adventure and our team of experts is available to answer your questions and guide you every step of the way!

 

 

Lowell Wins Best of Walworth County 2020!

Lowell Wins the Best of Walworth County!

It an honor to be selected again this year as Walworth County’s

Best New Home Builder!

 

We are so grateful to our entire team at Lowell, all of our wonderful homeowners and our friends who participated in the voting!

This makes 4 years in a row that we are honored with the title of Best New Home Builder in Walworth County, with a bonus of runner up for Best Home Remodeler!

We would like to share some of the most recognized homes from our inspiration galleries on the Lowell Custom Homes Website and Houzz

We tallied up the most popular pictures in 2020 and present them here to inspire your next project.

Our most popular picture in 2020 (drumroll please)

this lovely lakefront home in the Queen Ann Shingle style.  You will not want to miss the tour of this entire home here.

Closely followed by two outdoor spaces with stunning appeal.

A beautiful lakeside conservatory, see the entire home here.

And surrounded by nature, this immensely popular screened in room

 

Keeping with the unofficial theme for 2020, comfort-at-home, it is no wonder that these cozy rooms placed at the top of our most popular list.

A beautifully detailed and sunny reading room in the most traditional style, see the full home here.

 

An open concept floorplan that leads to a cozy room with more privacy for reading, study or working at home. View the full home here.

 

And this exquisitely detailed den that is the perfect backdrop for zoom calls, see more here.

 

And finally, because after all we are a community that loves to welcome guests, this whimsical lakefront bunk room just waiting for the right time to entertain.

Thank you to everyone who honored us with your vote for this years Best of Walworth County Award!

You can find the greatest inspiration for your home on our website gallery or our portfolio on Houzz

Be sure to subscribe to our blog!  You will receive a notification as soon as we publish the latest news or trends for your home!  

We do not share any of the information you provide.

 

 We always love hearing from you and are happy to discuss your personal home projects! Building a new home or remodeling can be an exciting adventure and our team of experts is available to answer your questions and guide you every step of the way!

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Lowell Wins as Best of Walworth County!

Update!

Thank you for all of your support and votes!  We won!

It is an honor to be nominated again this year for The Best of Walworth County in two categories!

New Home Builder & Home Remodeler

We are so thankful for all of the people who helped us win the past two years and would appreciate your support again in 2019!  You can click on this link through October 27th to vote for us and all of your favorite Walworth County businesses.  When you vote in at least 10 categories you will automatically be registered for a chance to win an Amazon Echo and $75 gift card.  This friendly completion results in a helpful guide for residents and visitors when the winners are listed in a special section of  The Gazette.

We invite you to visit our Project Gallery by clicking here to see the beautiful quality and design of each Lowell Custom Home.

Or  just take a minute to learn about us directly from Scott Lowell.

Join in the fun as we race win The Best of Walworth County

New Home Builder

&

Home Remodeler!

 

 

Stay tuned for the exciting results & best of luck to all of the participants!

Lowell Custom Homes

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Lowell Awarded Best of Houzz 2019

We are honored and delighted to announce that Lowell Custom Homes was again awarded as the “Best Of Design” and “Best of Customer Service” by the Houzz community.  Houzz is the leading platform for home renovation and design providing homeowners with everything they need for inspiration and information about home improvements large and small.   This makes 4 years in a row that we have received special recognition from Houzz.  Over 40 million monthly unique users that comprise the Houzz community helped us achieve this special recognition from among more than 2.1 million active home building, remodeling and design industry professionals!

“Best of Houzz is a true badge of honor as it is awarded by our community of homeowners, those who are hiring design, remodeling and other home improvement professionals for their projects,” said Liza Hausman, vice president of Industry Marketing for Houzz. “We are excited to celebrate the 2019 winners chosen by our community as their favorites for home design and customer experience, and to highlight those winners on the Houzz website and app.”

The Best of Customer Service Badge is based on several factors including the professional’s overall rating on Houzz and client reviews submitted in 2018.

The Best of Design Badge is awarded when the photos of projects done by professionals have become among the most popular on Houzz.

Lake Geneva Remodel wins Best Of Houzz Design

One of our most admired rooms was the result of a stunning remodel in the Lake Geneva, Wi area.  To see this entire project just click here.

We invite you to browse through all of our Houzz portfolios to see our projects.   We would be delighted to have even more of our photos saved to your personal Ideabooks on the site!

Thank you Houzz from all of us at Lowell Custom Homes!

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There’s Always Something . . .

We encounter all types of building conditions, but this one was one of the most challenging!  We are grateful for the expertise and talent of Jeff Frohling, Senior Project Manager and the entire crew at Trinity River Construction, LLC  in Marengo, IL   They made it possible to overcome the difficulties of building on this beautiful, but demanding site.  This concrete shoring wall that runs the entire length of the property is our specialized solution.

Watch this!

Special thanks to our superintendent Tim Flynn for overseeing this extraordinary project!

Stay in touch with the progress on this beautiful custom home and all of our projects right here!

262.245.9030

 

Music: http://www.purple-planet.com

 

Lowell Custom Homes Homeowners

What it’s like to be a Lowell Homeowner!

The one thing that makes every day more memorable is the people you encounter along the way.

We have had the honor of working with the most delightful clients over the years.  While our slogan is “Building Memories You Can Come Home To” we are building memories of our own as we get to know and enjoy our homeowners throughout the building process.
If you wonder what it would be like to build with Lowell Custom Homes, just listen as our homeowners share their experience!

Thank you to all of our homeowners for becoming part of the Lowell family!

Lowell Custom Homes Featured on Today’s Builder TV March 31st!

Move over Norm Abram – Scott Lowell is coming to a screen near you!

Flashback – June 2017!  The film crew from Today’s Builder Television Show  was in Lake Geneva filming at Lowell Custom Homes.  It was a flurry of activity that was only contained by the ambitious efforts of Nadine Harris in Marketing.  The award winning television show has become the premier showcase for the finest custom builders in the industry . . . and next week it will feature an episode about Lowell Custom Homes!

Nadine Harris schedules film crew

Tune in! We think you will be completely charmed by the program!

For a sneak peak at the interview with Scott Lowell click right here

Scott Lowell interviewed on Today's Builder TV

Then listen here while our resident AIA Architect Todd Cauffman explains how we create beautiful flow throughout each home.Todd Cauffman AIA Architect Lowell Custom Homes

Next Up,  General Manager Rich Kinter explains how Lowell Custom Homes ensures complete customer satisfaction, right  here

Rich Kinter General Manager Lowell Custom Homes

Then click here so Superintendent Dennis Levine can fill you in on a few of the essential details that make every Lowell Custom Home better than the rest.

Superintendent Dennis Levine Lowell Custom Homes
On the program, which airs March 31st at 6:30 pm, you will also have the chance to see the Lake Geneva area featured from a lifestyle perspective.  Along the way many of our favorite craftsmen and vendors are showcased with their remarkable work.
The entire experience was wonderful, but we are most touched by our homeowners who opened their homes for photography and interviews while discussing their experience with Lowell Custom Homes.

A special thanks to our producer Tom Langdon and videographers Greg and Matt!

Greg and Matt Videographer for Today's Builder television

Please join us to view the Today’s Builder Television Show and learn all about what makes

Lowell Custom Homes so special!

Tune in on March 31st at 6:30 PM

CBS Channel 2 (WBBM)

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