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Lido Key Addition
While the site has generous views of Sarasota Bay and of Otter’s Key, the existing house is separated from the water’s edge by a plinth and a screened-in pool. The renovation and addition opens the existing house and connects to Sarasota Bay with a new set of 12’ wide stairs carved out from the existing plinth. The addition adds a mezzanine level, an interior stair, and a dining wing as well as a generous shaded porch on the bay side.
A glass bridge extends through the width of the house from the existing entry foyer to transparent metal balcony on the bay side, pulling the inhabitant toward the shaded porch and the bay. A two story storage wall separates a stair leading to the mezzanine from the living space. Built-in white and glass bookcases for the storage and display of the owner’s colored glass collection are accessed from the glass bridge. The glass bridge is supported by an exposed steel structure. The main beam slices through the two-story storage wall without touching it.
Sixteen feet of sliding doors pocket to open up the living to a new shaded porch on the water. The roof of the porch spans thirty feet over the elevated pool, framing long views over the bay, with only a delicate steel column holding its corner. The angle of the porch ceiling directs the view to the water and to the nearby mangrove island. Two cuts in the same roof turn the large porch into a three dimensional sundial. The sun reflects on the pool and bounces light back to the ceiling of this exterior volume.
Lido Key Addition
While the site has generous views of Sarasota Bay and of Otter’s Key, the existing house is separated from the water’s edge by a plinth and a screened-in pool. The renovation and addition opens the existing house and connects to Sarasota Bay with a new set of 12’ wide stairs carved out from the existing plinth. The addition adds a mezzanine level, an interior stair, and a dining wing as well as a generous shaded porch on the bay side.
A glass bridge extends through the width of the house from the existing entry foyer to transparent metal balcony on the bay side, pulling the inhabitant toward the shaded porch and the bay. A two story storage wall separates a stair leading to the mezzanine from the living space. Built-in white and glass bookcases for the storage and display of the owner’s colored glass collection are accessed from the glass bridge. The glass bridge is supported by an exposed steel structure. The main beam slices through the two-story storage wall without touching it.
Sixteen feet of sliding doors pocket to open up the living to a new shaded porch on the water. The roof of the porch spans thirty feet over the elevated pool, framing long views over the bay, with only a delicate steel column holding its corner. The angle of the porch ceiling directs the view to the water and to the nearby mangrove island. Two cuts in the same roof turn the large porch into a three dimensional sundial. The sun reflects on the pool and bounces light back to the ceiling of this exterior volume.