BEST GREEN/SUSTAINABILITY
BETONHAUS II PL ATINUM
DSDG ARCHITECTS
The constraints of designing to resist a highvelocity wind zone on this site led to a raised volume that stretches the horizontal aspect. Well above the FEMA elevation, the horizontal loading of western facing rooms allows natural, uniform lighting year round through sliding glass doors which double for passive ventilation. Using ultra-high performance windows and glass conserves energy loss with a low solar heat gain and thermally broken frames. Tankless water heaters, low-flow toilets, and a water filtration system provide water efficiency to the home. Four 18 SEER, variable speed, HVAC systems are zoned to provide a comfortable indoor environment in each room as needed. Sympathetic toward nature and its footprint on it, the home was moved several times during the planning phase to avoid disturbing the eleven existing oak trees on site. Deteriorating from years of invasive plant growth, the existing precast concrete retaining wall was reinforced and improved to give wave-break shelter from Sarasota Bay and combat rising sea levels. Only Florida native and drought tolerant plantings were used to limit the amount of irrigation needed to keep the property looking tropical. Given its name, the structural elements of this home are on display. Large columns elevate the home to a concrete floor system. The narrow floor system was also desired for the roof construction. A concrete roof was designed to match the minimal thickness of the floor as the white thermoplastic roof not only waterproofs the home but reflects solar heat gain. The gentle sloping concrete roof allowed a place for this home’s greatest feature, a 50kw solar array. Affixed in a way to fully power this nearly eight thousand square-foot house. The excess power produced, when not used by the home, is fed back into the city power grid. Architect: DSDG Architects Contractor: Voigt Brothers Construction Interior Design: DSDG Architects Bathroom: Ferguson Plumbing Carpets and Flooring: Design Works at West Florida Distributors Landscape: Siesta Key Landscaping Pool: Water Designs Photographer: Ryan Gamma Photography
2023 HOME OF THE YEAR JUDGES HUGO MIYARES MIAMI, FL
Hugo Mijares is an award winning and ideas-focused design practice established by Hugo Mijares in Miami in late 2008. In the same year the practice was selected by the American Institute of Architects for the ‘Emerging Young Architects’ Houses Tour which has been widely published, both locally and internationally. The practice distills a holistic detail design and process-led approach in the delivery of highly creative and pragmatic solutions that resonate conceptual rigor and material invention. Hugo Mijares engages with clients who share in the reward of accomplishing bold visions to enrich their daily lives, who prioritize quality over quantity, and who place value in a chieving inventive and well-cra ed spaces that are meticulously detailed and finished.
DAVID POORMAN
BRUCE SPARANO
NAPLES, FL
NEW YORK CITY, NY
David Poorman’s childhood was a blend of farm and beach, having moved at an early age from Ohio to Naples, Florida. A er enrolling in the architecture program at St. Petersburg Junior College, he went on to receive a Bachelor of Design from the University of Florida and a Master’s in Architecture from Princeton University. He lived for ten years in downtown Chicago, working and travelling for Perkins and Will and then for David Woodhouse Architects. In 2010, David established David Poorman Architect LLC (DPA) in Naples, an award-winning firm specializing in small-scale residential and commercial projects inspired and informed by Florida’s natural resources and climate.
Bruce Sparano is a licensed architect in the Untied States. He practices residential, municipal and commercial architecture, in addition to real estate consultation and development. Bruce is a member of the American Institute of Architects, the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards, the United States Green Building Council, the Preservation League of New York State, and the Saratoga Springs Preservation Foundation.
—Thank you to the 2023 Home of the Year Awards Judges for their insights in this year’s competition
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