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The Showhouse Must Go On

A last-minute relo for the 2020 Jewels on the Bay Designer Showhouse, opening March 15.

03/02/2020 By Ilene Denton

Living History

The Powel Crosley Estate Invites You to a Historical Open House

It’s only the fifth such tour in the estate’s 91-year history.

03/02/2020 By Ilene Denton

Only in Sarasota

Only in Sarasota: The Zigzag House

This Sarasota School of Architecture home is unofficially nicknamed the “Zigzag House” for its unusual roofline.

02/28/2020 By John Pirman

Cool Pools

Three Local Swimming Pool Builders Win 2020 State Design Awards

Workmanship, soundness of design, practicality and safety won the day.

02/20/2020 By Staff

Design

St. Armands Parking Garage Wins Design Award

The building won the "All Precast Concrete Solution" award in the Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute’s 2020 PCI Design Awards program.

02/17/2020 By Staff

Architecture Events

Walker Guest House Replica to be Auctioned at Palm Springs Modernism Week

The full-scale replica of Paul Rudolph’s iconic vacation home had been on display at the Ringling Museum from 2015-2017.

02/13/2020 By Ilene Denton

All Natural

A Midcentury Home in the Sanderling Club Is Redesigned to Bring the Outdoors In

The home is set on a very private acre framed by gigantic live oaks, stands of bamboo, banyan trees and rhapis palms. Take a peek inside.

02/07/2020 By Ilene Denton

Architecture Events

CFAS Trolley Tours Resume for Season

Tours of historic neighborhoods and architecturally significant buildings take place every Thursday through April.

01/30/2020 By Ilene Denton

Sneak Preview

Junior League of Sarasota Tour of Homes is Feb. 28-29.

The 43rd annual tour takes you inside five notable residences in Oyster Bay, Siesta Key and more.

01/30/2020 By Ilene Denton

To the Rescue

Jewels on the Bay Designer Showhouse Will Go On After All

A circa-1916 residence in Bungalow Hill is replacement after original home falls through.

01/30/2020 By Ilene Denton

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Architecture Awards

Tetreault-Pirman House Wins National Award for Seibert Architects

The modern home was singled out by the Society of Registered American Architects.

01/20/2020 By Ilene Denton

Interior Design

2020 Jewels on the Bay Showhouse Canceled

Difficulty in obtaining permitting caused the cancellation.

01/17/2020 By Ilene Denton

This New Old House

An Antebellum-Style Home Makes Its Mark on the Manatee River

Old Grove is meticulously detailed.

01/02/2020 By Ilene Denton

MOD World

Check Out This Sarasota MOD Weekend Video Wrap-Up

The modern architecture festival attracted attendees from as far away as Canada and Sweden.

12/10/2019 By Ilene Denton

Beach Style

How to Get the Coastal Cottage Look

Tips from the designer who literally wrote the book.

12/02/2019 Photography by Ilene Denton

A New Day for the Arts

Sarasota Art Museum Opens Its Doors to the Public

The Sarasota Art Museum opens its doors to the future in buildings reimagined from the past.

12/02/2019 By Kay Kipling

Sneak Preview

'Tis the Season for Holiday Home Tours

Coming up: The Entre Nous Holiday Tour of Homes and Deck the Halls at the Ca d’Zan.

11/26/2019 By Ilene Denton

Sneak Preview

Sneak Peek: The 2020 Jewels on the Bay Designer Showhouse

It’s a historic red brick home in Sarasota’s Bungalow Hill.

11/14/2019 By Ilene Denton

Mod Moment

SarasotaMOD Weekend Celebrates 'Sarasota in the Sixties'

“The story of Sarasota architecture in the ’60s is that it went from the high architecture of Paul Rudolph, Tim Seibert and Victor Lundy and filtered down to the everyday person."

10/30/2019 By Ilene Denton

Atomic Mod

Home Tour: A ’60s Southgate Ranch Meets the 21st Century

Southgate's concrete-block ranch-style residences were carved from more than 1,200 acres of orange groves in the late 1950s and ’60s.

10/30/2019 Photography by Ilene Denton

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