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Innovative Tropical Homes

These dwellings aren't content to revel in their balmy locations. Instead, they make impressions all their own, while still effortlessly coexisting with their immediate habitats.

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“In this house, the roof is the only facade—the rest is dissolved beneath it.” —Architect Aljoša Dekleva
“In this house, the roof is the only facade—the rest is dissolved beneath it.” —Architect Aljoša Dekleva
When architects Melissa and Jacob Brillhart set out to design a home for themselves in downtown Miami they drew inspiration from a wide range of sources, including the city's trademark postwar tropical modernism, glass pavilion typology, and the classic dogtrot model. The resulting home features an elaborate red cedar shutter system, which produces a stunning interplay of shimmering light in the front patio.
When architects Melissa and Jacob Brillhart set out to design a home for themselves in downtown Miami they drew inspiration from a wide range of sources, including the city's trademark postwar tropical modernism, glass pavilion typology, and the classic dogtrot model. The resulting home features an elaborate red cedar shutter system, which produces a stunning interplay of shimmering light in the front patio.
Radamés “Juni” Figueroa lived in his art project tree house, made from found materials, for two fortnights, as part of his artist residency at La Practica at Beta-Local. "The Practice" is an interdisciplinary program of research and production focusing on art, architecture, and design, with an emphasis on collaboration.
Radamés “Juni” Figueroa lived in his art project tree house, made from found materials, for two fortnights, as part of his artist residency at La Practica at Beta-Local. "The Practice" is an interdisciplinary program of research and production focusing on art, architecture, and design, with an emphasis on collaboration.
The white 3,300-square-foot house pops from the surrounding tropical landscape with a strikingly minimal form. During the renovation, the roof was updated to a flat truss system and insulated with Supertherm, which is also found in the walls. The insulation value is four times normal code requirements for the walls, and double that for the roof.
The white 3,300-square-foot house pops from the surrounding tropical landscape with a strikingly minimal form. During the renovation, the roof was updated to a flat truss system and insulated with Supertherm, which is also found in the walls. The insulation value is four times normal code requirements for the walls, and double that for the roof.
The dining area feels like an extension of the pool, with water channels on two sides.
The dining area feels like an extension of the pool, with water channels on two sides.