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Architects and scholars will tour local Sarasota homes and talk about what homes in tropical climates around the world have in common.

Earlier schools mirrored the trends of Mediterranean Revival and Spanish Mission architecture; new schools reflected the modernism sweeping Sarasota.

A protected little enclave of modern Southern style

There are a number of historic buildings in Whitfield Estates, including four homes designed and built by Ralph Twitchell. One of those is for sale.

Completed in 2021 in Sarasota, United States. Images by Ryan Gamma Photography. This unique mid-century modern house from the office of Ralph Twitchell suffered years of modifications and neglect. Doors and windows between inside...

After an award-winning renovation by local practice Seibert Architects, the 1959 dwelling designed by architect Ralph Twitchell is up for grabs in Sarasota, Florida.

The home in Lido Shores, designed by Tollyn Twitchell, is an emblem of the Sarasota School of Architecture. You can buy it for $3 million.

Before it was formed with dredge, the adjacent area to the north was known as Cedar Point and then called the more attractive sounding Sunset Point, a popular spot for locals and sweethearts to watch the multi-hued skies as the sun went down. According to Sarasota historian Karl Grismer, early on a short-lived business was started there by Eli Veruki and Andrew X. Alexaky who exported dried fish roe to European markets under the name Gotzago. There was the Roberts and Stanton boat house with ...

For 60 years, the motel has served tourists who visit the nearby spring. The 200-foot-deep pond has a nearly constant water temperature of 87 degrees, and Eastern Europeans love it for what they say are the health benefits of swimming, or just floating, in it. Lundy, 95, the eldest surviving member of the “Sarasota school” group of modernist architects, only practiced here for less than a decade, running an office from 1954 to 1960. By the time he moved his office to New York, Lundy was alr...

FLORIDA BUILDINGS I LOVE: No. 81: Warm Mineral Springs Motel, 1958, Sarasota County Harold Bubil © HERALD-TRIBUNE STAFF FILE PHOTO / HAROLD BUBIL The Warm Mineral Springs motel was designed circa 1958 by Victor Lundy, a leading figure of the "Sarasota school" of midcentury modern architecture. HERALD-TRIBUNE STAFF FILE PHOTO / HAROLD BUBIL 12-10-2013. Sam Herron believed in the power of good design. The owner of Warm Mineral Springs, he hired Victor Lundy to design his curvy,...