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• Architectural artistry: The entry features a spiral staircase enveloped in cool gray microcement, acting as the“ joint” where the home’ s curvature meets its axis, mimicking the site’ s waterfront boundary.
• Climate control: Passive cooling strategies are employed through floor-to-ceiling windows for natural light and strategically placed louvers for shading.
• Material continuity: The rugged exterior of board-formed concrete flows into the interior spaces, creating striking visual contrasts, such as in the library against a curved white bookshelf. The owner’ s suite even features metallic imprints of the boardformed concrete on a feature wall.
A LIVING LEGACY:
Documenting architectural evolution
“ As we mark a century of design innovation in Sarasota, we celebrate that legacy not as a remnant of the past, but as a continually unfolding story,” says Morris( Marty) Hylton III, President of Architecture Sarasota, explaining the contemporary focus.“ The Sarasota School of Architecture is alive and well with a new generation of modernist designers engaging and evolving foundational concepts such as environmental adaptation and experimentation with materials and structure, among others.”
The pilot episode, produced and directed by Ryan Lester, profiles the Van der Vlugt Residence as a case study for how modernist principles are being successfully adapted to meet the challenges of the early 21st century.
For more information on the documentary episode premiere, visit Open House Miami. For all other viewing options, visit Architecture Sarasota.
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Photo credit: Ryan Lester, Architecture Sarasota, Kris Tamburello
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