The Coral House is located in Coral Gables Florida, on Biscayne Bay with a view to Stiltsville, Key Biscayne and the Miami skyline.

The Florida vernacular design was influenced by the underlying principles of Seminole Indian Chickees of the Everglades and “Conch” Houses found in the Florida Keys just to the south.

The house is on three levels with generous exterior balconies and roof overhangs and positioned on the property on an east/west axis to reduce the impact of the sun and catch the prevailing southeasterly breeze coming off the bay. The Large overhangs that penetrate the interior spaces becoming soffits that provide up-lighting on the interior ceilings. At the same time move the view out on to the Bay in the same manner that Frank Wright’s homes focus the view out to the prairie.

The window system has operable louvers on the exterior and double hung glass on the interior. The exterior louvers allow for solar control, security and hurricane protection. While the interior double hung windows function as any other window would. This house withstood the incredible force of Hurricane Andrew, with the eye of the hurricane passing just to the south, with only a few broken louvers.

Large timbers were used for the roof framing and dry stacked coral stone was used as a rusticated base, for the monumental fire place and entry features as well as low tables that were designed for the house.

This house was featured in a number of newspaper articles and periodicals