An MCM Icon in Sarasota: Open House this Sunday, 10 June

If you want to see one of the Gulf Coast's best mid-century modern homes, and a true icon from the Sarasota School of Architecture period, this Sunday is your chance!

The “Round House” was designed by West & Waters Architects in 1960 and updated by Tatiana White, AIA. My dear friend and wonderful colleague Martie Lieberman has the listing and hosts an open house this Sunday from 11 to 3.

The address is 4433 Riverwood Ave in Sarasota FL 34231; asking price is $1m.

*If* you go, please say hi to Martie for me – and please don't forget to mention that you read about it here on Tobias' blog The Modernist Angle. – Do I ever wish I had time to drive over to see this home!

Preservation Alert: Paul Rudolph's Biggs residence, for sale at $1.495m

Update May 2016: the price has been dropped to $1.495m –motivated sellers!
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Rudolph (1918-1997), the highly regarded modernist architect of "Sarasota school" fame and Chair of Yale University's Department of Architecture for six years, has built mostly on the Florida Gulf coast.

But occasionally there are also some commissions from him are to be found on our coast, such as this gem in Delray Beach, the Biggs residence built in 1955-56.

Listed by my dear colleague Linda who showed me the house last week, it was renovated and added to by local architect Bob Currie. Located east of the Intracoastal Waterway, it is only about two easy walking blocks from the ocean.

For sale at $1,795,000, it offers 5 bedrooms with 5 baths on 4,320 sf. The house is in need of a little love, but who at age 60 isn't? During an hour or so in the house, I did not observe anything terrible or deal-breaking.

If you are interested in saving a great modernist home with serious architectural pedigree, and if you love the idea of being an active preservationist – please step right up, here is your chance! Just contact me for a showing at your convenience at any time.

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Photos: Linda Lake, Tobias Kaiser