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Inspired Modern Living
This 5,180-square-foot house on Florida's Sarasota Bay was designed to maximize views of the surrounding bayfront and canal — and to support a retired
couple with two growing children. The challenge was to address how they would live in the home today, 5, 15, and 25 years from now.
To embrace the views, the house "floats" over the ground plane. The main living space is cantilevered so the first floor is lifted 17-feet high — as if held in place
by an invisible "sky hook." Walls of glass are oriented towards the bay and canal. The main living level looks out towards the pool, framing a dramatic view
west. This is the first elevated pool to be permitted in a high velocity (VE) flood zone in Sarasota and took years for final code approval.
Photography by Dylan Jon Wade Cox
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