Mediterranean style architecture has long been entrenched in housing and commercial building design in South Florida. South Florida Mediterranean style is a often watered down and has become bland, boring and without a soul. To get re-inspired in your own back yard, visit Ca’d’Zan, or House of John, the Ringling’s mansion in Sarasota. The Ringling’s …
Laid out in the 1920s among the ruins of the small medieval town of Ninfa, which was founded in the eight century and destroyed in 1381. The creation of the garden in this place was motivated largely by the abundance and purity of the waters and a particular microclimate. The garden is own and administrated …
Primary colors, symmetry, an eclectic collection of art and an unexpected anticipation of a sustainable approach in daily living is what makes Bonnet House a truly unique Floridian villa from the Twenties. Hugh Taylor Birch’s love for this part of the coastline (today Fort Lauderdale) was the catalyst for an unusually open-minded approach to architecture and daily life. The …
The origin of everything always has a reason, just the way all of our actions have a motivation. Whether based in a real necessity or only a desire of something superfluous, there is always a thought or an emotion that generates the tangible reality of what we create. The seed of inception of Villa d’Este …