Home designs are always the home owner's choice. There are still people these days who embrace Midcentury Style architecture. However, modern-day building codes may hinder the architectural designs particularly in states and cities like Florida that strictly implement the policies.
One example is from the report of Curbed. It says that midcentury style of houses lives on in a Fab weatherproof Florida home. It might be hard to imagine but the architects behind the housing construction were able to find means to obtain the designs that the home owner wanted.
Report says that balancing midcentury aesthetics with today's safety guidelines is tough. It obviously requires modern engineering. The story of the home owners Steve Tetreault and John Pirman is a success. The couple wanted to have a replica of the beach house owned by Tetreault, an "original 950-square-foot Rudolph design in nearby Siesta Key." Paul Rudolph is a notable modernist architect who organized Sarasota Modern, a postwar architecture movement.
So what Steve Tetreault and John Pirman did is to hire Michael Epstein of Seibert Architects to do the design the house that they liked. Seibert Architects is "a firm founded in 1955 by Edward Seibert, a former apprentice under Rudolph, to design the home." Of course, that decision is wise. Who else could restore the look of the Midcentury Style of Rudolph but someone who knows the design by heart?
Based on report, Michael Epstein and his team found a way to blend "the lightness of midcentury style with stringent modern-day building codes." There was really a solution to meet the requirement of modern-day building codes like the hurricane-proof roofs plus the house needs to be elevated.
Dwell reports that the outcome of the house construction was successful. The online mag actually covered the story of Steve Tetreault and John Pirman, narrating how they came up with the idea of building Midcentury Style home. In the interview, it was obvious that the couple felt fulfilled and satisfied with their new home.
