The goal of the design was to synthesize the existing home with the landscape gestures while honoring the spirit of place.  The intimate neighborhood of the Sanderling Club, developed in the 1950s in the tradition of the Sarasota School of Architecture, is home to mid-century modern structures, including Paul Rudolph’s Gult front cabanas. The module of the existing architecture – a clearly delineated four-foot grid – was extended to organize the new program. Design elements include a private entry drive; guest entry drive and motor-court; entry plaza with a Parsons bench, reflecting pool, glass cube; pedestrian walk with new mailbox; labyrinth; ground-level massage room with dry sauna; ground-level gallery space; moat; guest spa with water-wall and fire pit; expanded ground-level terrace; expanded elevated wood deck with private spa and glass rail; and new spiral stair to the existing crow’s nest.

Water was used to link the ground-level spaces and landscape to the home and each other. To complement the clarity of water as a design material, a minimal palette of glass, shell-top concrete, and wood was employed to represent regional influences and emphasize harmony throughout the site.