Islamorada Residence.
A tropical-modern residence on a coastal Islamorada site — five rooms, two baths, and a pool court — organised around water, travertine, and oak, with the garden drawn as part of the architecture.
- Location
- Islamorada, Florida Keys
- Year
- 2026
- Services
- Interior Architecture, Landscape Design, Full Buildouts, Bespoke Furniture
The residence sits on a coastal site in Islamorada, an ocean elevation in the Florida Keys. It was conceived as a single tropical-modern home — five rooms, two baths, and a pool court — where the building and its garden are drawn as one continuous environment.
Material direction set the tone. Travertine, warm oak, glass, and water carry the whole house: stone runs from the kitchen elevation through to the spa bath, oak millwork and a fluted island ground the open kitchen, and floor-to-ceiling glazing keeps the planting and the pool always in view.
Water is the recurring gesture. A coral aquarium divides the living room from a planted water garden of stepping stones and lily pads; a second saltwater aquarium turns the master-bedroom wall into a living surface. The master suite stays quiet around it — a woven headboard, botanical art, and a soft symmetry of light.
Outdoors, the house extends into the landscape — a pool courtyard beneath a timber pergola, water paths and stepping stones, a fountain, and dense tropical planting for privacy. Seen from above, the residence reads as a single low form held within its garden, framed by the ocean.