Vizcaya Museum & Gardens, Miami: A Walk Through the Site
An Italianate villa set in formal gardens on Biscayne Bay, where the stonework is local reef rock and the shade is banyan.
The Biltmore Hotel, Coral Gables: The Logic of a Pre-Air-Conditioning Building
A hotel built in 1926, before air conditioning, for a subtropical climate — which means it was designed around shade, and the shade is still the best thing in...
The Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress, Orlando: The Light Through the Day
A large resort near Orlando with a lake, mature subtropical planting and a very high summer sun.
The SeaWorld Orlando: Field Notes
A marine park in Orlando — aquarium glass, open lagoons, and a park that is busy at almost every hour.
The Universal Orlando Resorts: The One Decision That Governs Everything
A themed resort complex in Orlando, where each hotel commits to a design idiom and none of them is neutral.
The Walt Disney World Resorts: What It Suits, and What It Does Not
A very large themed resort complex near Orlando — and a venue where the rules matter more than the light.
The Casa Monica Hotel, St. Augustine: One Frame, and How It Is Made
An 1888 Spanish Renaissance Revival hotel in St. Augustine — and the only one of Flagler's three still working as a hotel.
The Lightner Museum, St. Augustine: The Problem, and Four Ways Out of It
A museum in a former 1888 hotel in St. Augustine — including the largest indoor pool of its era, now a gallery.
The Ponce de Leon Hotel, St. Augustine: A Walk Through the Building
An 1888 Spanish Renaissance Revival hotel in St. Augustine — poured concrete, Tiffany glass, and a courtyard plan.