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Beach Road 2 by Hughes Umbanhowar Architects: Like driftwood collecting in courses on the beach, the house comfortably nestles in the interstices between waterfront and road along a narrow site on the northern coast of Jupiter Island. Spare in its 3,600 square feet, the house and its materials manifest the surprise of a beachcomber’s serendipitous [...]

Description of River Road Residence by Hughes Umbanhowar Architects: The 12,300-square foot house, completed in 2008, is a complex composition, reminiscent of the canvases of Georges Braque, in which geometric forms appear and disappear in a constant dance of illusion and materiality. The house comprises a series of distinct, yet interlocking rectilinear volumes conjoined by [...]

The architect, Zerafa Architecture Studio, form this house in reflection to the site conditions and interior spaces had a direct and thoughtful relationship to the river. The extensive part using Western Red Cedar for decking, wall cladding and soffit cladding, and the inherent flexibility, cost effectiveness and durability of cedar made it the obvious choice [...]