The entrance sequence is built on intersection. Cantilevered roofs and balconies slide past the travertine walls rather than resting on them, each slab edged with planters so that green spills over the white. The aluminum-clad volume carries a louvered canopy that filters sun onto the upper terrace and casts a shifting pattern across the stone below. A tall, dark entry door sits within a double-height travertine recess, and the garage is drawn into the same material language, so it reads as part of the façade rather than an afterthought. Private rooms sit behind solid planes on this side, giving the family seclusion from the street without making the house feel closed.
Inside, that restraint gives way to volume. The living room rises a full two stories, lit from above by a band of clerestory windows and from the side by floor-to-ceiling sliding walls that draw the tropical garden into the room. A cantilevered stair folds up one wall, its stone-toned treads appearing to float, and meets a mezzanine bridge whose timber-clad underside warms the white volume. Pale stone floors run uninterrupted from living to dining to kitchen, so the ground floor reads as one continuous space organized by furniture rather than walls. Upstairs, the primary suite opens onto a covered terrace beneath the slatted canopy, framing palms and open water.
The rear elevation is where the house commits fully to its site. Outdoor living steps down in two tiers: an upper terrace for the summer kitchen and dining, and a lower stone deck for the pool and built-in spa, which extends toward the canal and the private dock. A broad travertine platform steps up from the lawn to the water’s edge, so the pool reads as a still, rectilinear plane set into the garden. Every principal room on this side faces the water directly.
Even the smallest rooms carry the idea. In the powder room, a bush-hammered stone wall, a monolithic stone basin, vertical timber slats, and a bed of river pebbles distill the palette into a few square feet: stone, wood, light, and shadow.
