Sharpe House
Modern Entrance, Miami
This site is a heavily wooded lot in Seagrove Beach, FL on the Gulf of Mexico. The house is organized around a courtyard that preserves the natural marine hammock of oaks and magnolias, and is entered along the eastern edge of the courtyard on a wooden walk.
Upon entry, the expansive southerly views to the Gulf are revealed. The Living, Dining and Kitchen flow as one space and open onto the Deck and Courtyard simultaneously. The first-floor bedroom is part of a wing of the house that forms one of the Courtyard edges.
A Roof Terrace tops the main volume of the house 60 feet above the Gulf. The Terrace is partially covered and enclosed, and partially trellised. Like the first floor, the roof unites the wooded courtyard to the north and the horizon to the south.
Photo by: Jack Gardner