Sanders Pace Architecture have designed the Barrier Island residence in Vero Beach, Florida.

Description from the architects
The owners of this property approached our firm to offer design and style services for a web site positioned on a natural canal top to the intracoastal waterway.  In current years the couple has begun to devote the majority of their time at the home in Vero Beach, close to where Ms. Mitchell was raised.  Living in the residence it became clear to the couple that improvements to the 50+ year old structure had turn into a necessity.

We started the process by 1st evaluating the Client’s ambitions with their current property in order to establish whether or not or not the current single household residence on the website could accommodate their requirements.  Right after a go to to the website it was determined that any improvement to the current residence would need the demolition of the original terrazzo slab on grade, maybe the house’s ideal asset.  Once the choice to demolish was produced a series of style options were explored which maintained the scale and character of the original house whilst adding new exterior plan to the web site.  A desire to preserve as a lot of the all-natural vegetation on the internet site as attainable such as numerous stunning reside oak trees meant containing new building within the footprint of the original creating.  Improved efficiency inside the footprint of the constructing allowed us to provide the exact same interior program within a smaller amount of conditioned space, once more a nod to the scale and character of the original historic neighborhood.  Components used are also complimentary to the context and include white stucco, dark brick, and native cypress.  Landscaping includes a mixture of native palms and reside oaks coupled with tall drought tolerant grasses against the creating providing a screen for condensing units.