Four Florida Moderns

Modernism is Alive and Well, and Living in Florida!

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Night will take a landscape but only if there is an absence of starlight.

Alberto Alfonso's Airside C in Four Florida Moderns (image copyright George Cott).

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Certain moments in an architect's career crystalize commitment: Guy Peterson's sensitive addition to Paul Rudolph's & Ralph Twitchell's Revere Quality House in Four Florida Moderns (image copyright Steven Brooke Studio).

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There are those moments when less is definitely more: the architect's dilemma when nature abounds. 

Chad Oppenheim's design for Mandarin Oriental's Tree Top Villas (Dellis Cay) in Four Florida Moderns (image copyright Vyonyx).

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The jungle dares the building to be so astute, as if nature wishes to be fooled...

Rene Gonzalez's Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation (CIFO) in Four Florida Moderns (image copyright Oriol Tarridas).

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Materials dance in the reflected light as water longs to be built dexterity.

Alberto Alfonso's Nielsen Media Research center in Four Florida Moderns (image copyright George Cott).

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The minions of the afternoon have such respect for a haven so sublime: brise-soleil brilliance!

Guy Peterson's Bird Key House in Four Florida Moderns (image copyright Steven Brooke Studio).

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There is that moment when the skin of a building lays itself bare to the environment: it's pure magic!

Chad Oppenheim's entry for the Marina + Beach Village in the UAE, published in Four Florida Moderns (image copyright Oppenheim Architecture + Design, and Olalekan Jeyifous).

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There is that time of day when sun, wind and salt spray create magic. The perfect frame of reference...

Rene Gonzalez's Indian Creek Home in Four Florida Moderns (image copyright Hikari Studio & Rene Gonzalez Architect, Inc.).

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A shape takes on a life of its own and suddenly the #architecture is magnificently more than the sum of its parts.

Alberto Alfonso's Lake House #2 in Four Florida Moderns (image copyright Al Hurley).

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There are moments in the sun: and this is one of them!

Guy Peterson's Theisen Residence in Four Florida Moderns (image copyright Steven Brooke Studio).

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The stillness of the balmy climate anoints the facade, bathed in lush light.

Chad Oppenheim's Villa Allegra in Four Florida Moderns (image copyright Ken Hayden).

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Glowing walls enliven poetically placed sculptural elements in this modern milieu. 

Rene Gonzalez's Karla Conceptual Event Experience in Four Florida Moderns (image copyright Ken Hayden).

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Sunlight dapples scored swaths of white, imprinting the surface of reflective glass while leaving the distressed surface of stone untouched.

Alberto Alfonso's Lake House #1 in Four Florida Moderns (image copyright Al Hurley).

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Pale meets dark, smooth meets rough, sharp edges move toward curvy lines: modern facility.

Guy Peterson's Bird Key House in Four Florida Moderns (image copyright Steven Brooke Studio).

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Slim limbs reach into a sky so blue the juxtaposition of pale and brilliant delight the senses: tropical modernism at its most powerful.

Chad Oppenheim’s Ilona Bay in Four Florida Moderns (copyright Ken Hayden).

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The eyes of a building reflecting all they take in, beautifully peering from their textural skin. 

Alberto Alfonso's Airside C in Four Florida Moderns (© Al Hurley).

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A sliver of light radiates from dimension's drum.

Chad Oppenheim's Villa Allegra in Four Florida Moderns (image © Ken Hayden).