River Road 1
12,300 sq feet
Primary components: Stucco, Corten, Italian Limestone, Mahogany windows, pivoting window wall, aluminum louvers, cork floors, bulthaup kitchen
Sewall's Point, Florida, completion 2006
Located in a small residential community on a two-acre waterfront site, this house spans the width of its water sloping lot to face southwest across the inland waterway. Built for a young family, the house is organized into two connected volumes assembled to create courtyards for entry and outdoor living.
The house is a pair of carefully calculated rectilinear compositions joined together with a transparent longitudinal axis. The insertion of a glass skinned circulation bridge between the major programmatic elements both connects and distances the inhabitants of the house.Two separate stairs at either end of the circulation spine provide access to the three levels built into the hillside.Dramatic views are revealed to the visitor in a measured fashion, designed to engage and surprise the senses.
