TOP COASTAL ARCHITECTS 2023
Cronk Duch Architecture & Planning
Jacksonville Known for : Thoughtful and beautiful homes that integrate site features with outdoor and indoor interplay. Striving to listen and incorporate the owner‘s desires and priorities through interactive design meetings.
Highlight: Expanding its Caribbean footprint with new design commissions throughout the chain of islands and the Eastern Seaboard.
Highlight: Select commissions trending towards contemporary architecture with authentic origin materials and sensibilities. cronkduch.com
Phillip James Dodd
Palm Beach and Greenwich
Known for : Designs rooted in traditional regional architecture, like Spanish Mediterranean in Florida and Colonial Revival in New England.
Highlight: 2022 publication of An American Renaissance: Beaux-Arts Architecture in New
York City, with foreword by Julian Fellowes, creator of Downton Abbey.
Highlight: Lectures across the nation, including one at historic Lyndhurst in Tarrytown, New York.
In the works: A weekend retreat in the Hudson Valley. pjdbespokedesign.com
Rene Gonzalez Architects
Miami
Known for : An interdisciplinary approach that combines architecture, interior architecture, landscape design, and product design to create cohesive and integrative environments.
Highlight: The Prairie Avenue Residence in Miami Beach, an elevated house designed to address the challenges of rising sea levels, featured in The New York Times and the BBC Miniseries “The World’s Most Extraordinary Homes,” with a monograph on the home released in August. renegonzalezarchitect.com
Hughes Umbanhowar Architects
Hobie Sound and Venice
Known for : Channeling the vocabulary and vitality of mid-century modernism to
capture and control the power of light and shadow.
Highlight: 21 PROJECTS: The Architecture of Scott Hughes and John Umbanhowar entered its second printing.
Highlight, BEACH ROAD 2 named one of the 100 most important Florida buildings of the last 100 years.
Highlight: Named Firm of the Year by the Treasure Coast Chapter, AIA; Wins the American Architecture Award from The Chicago Athenaeum. huum.com
Guy Peterson/Office for Architecture
Sarasota and Cashiers
Known for : Regional modernism defined by its sense of place, the use of color, indigenous materials, light, and shadow for a softened Bauhaus aesthetic—and a clear, sustainable architecture.
Highlight: Two AIA Florida design awards: A Merit Award for Unbuilt Architecture and an Award of Excellence for New Work.
In the works: Two beachfront houses and three waterfront houses under construction; a beachfront home now in for permitting. guypeterson.com
Khoury Vogt Architects
Rosemary Beach
Known for : Timeless types and traditional styles inspired by architects of the early 20th century who sought to transform the classical tradition in step with the European Modern Movement.
Highlight: Continued residential design at Alys Beach, plus private homes, townhomes and condominium buildings at Kaiya, an adjoining resort.
Highlight: Homes in Alabama, Tennessee, and Central Florida.
Highlight: ICAA Arthur Ross Award for Excellence in Architecture. khouryvogt.com