The design was awarded the 2015 H. Dean Rowe Award from the American Institute of Architects Tampa Bay Chapter, an Award of Excellence from the Gulf Coast AIA, an honor award from Florida AIA, as well as unbuilt design awards from both Florida AIA and Gulf Coast AIA.  The project was also honored with a National Gold Award from the Association of Licensed Architects.  The design-built project was completed in August 2015. 

With generous overhangs, shaded terraces, operable systems, and solar cells, the house embraces Sarasota’s subtropical latitude as it opens to a sheltered courtyard.  The tall, thin and narrow main house is oriented east to west.   On the entire length of the house, the roof overhangs 16 feet, shading the yard and creating a cooler microclimate. The space under the overhanging roof serves as a verandah mediating the climate and allowing for a fluid transition between conditioned spaces and the exterior.  

The house has three street frontages.  The entry is through a smaller court recessed in the south elevation.  The elongated design creates an ‘L’ to offer privacy to the backyard.  A courtyard is created between the master suite, the main house, and the detached garage.  One wing on the ground floor contains the kitchen, dining, and living areas while the other houses the master bedroom suite.  Two additional bedrooms and a gym are laid out on the second floor. 

The inhabitants are invited to enjoy the courtyard through seven separate access points to the yard.  An interior and exterior stair on either end of the main wing creates a circulation loop offering the residents choices in their daily paths.  Masonry walls wrap and protect the house from view, while the life and program of the house protrudes in and out, at times punctured by exposed concrete shadowboxes.  The residence is lighter and more open to the interior courtyard. A transparent double heighted living area facing the courtyard invites light and vertical interaction between floors.

The roof overhang is created by light steel custom trusses from which a balcony is suspended with exposed cables.  The space created under the balcony offers a more intimate setting for an exterior dining terrace.  A continuous clerestory runs between the trusses that are in turn supported by uninterrupted steel beams running the full length of the house.   The roof also extends to the west of the property beyond the conditioned enclosure to shelter an exterior mezzanine and stair. 

The entry court and the yard are both shaded by photovoltaic panels mounted on glass.  The solar system consists of 62 Lumos Solar LSX 240 watt frameless solar modules in three separate arrays, providing a total DC power of almost 15,000 watts.  The arrays are connected to string inverters, which convert the DC electricity to AC for use in the home.  The system produces an average of 22,850 kWh of electricity per year, offsetting between 80% and 90% of all onsite consumption in the home.  The frameless modules have the added benefit of being partially transparent with a clear backsheet, providing filtered shade to areas under the solar arrays, and helping reduce temperatures in the outdoor areas of the home.