The Hudson House . Treasure Island, Florida.

This house within an old waterfront neighborhood was in near derelict condition. The original house lacked clarity in its internal organization and had a confused external appearance. Additionally, bad landscaping decisions disturbed the house’s relationship to the exterior. The most valuable aspect of the site, the view to and relationship to the water, was disrupted by a multitude of window mullions and awkward landscaping.  The new Owner asked us to make the house modern while retaining as much of the original structure as possible.

Spatially disruptive elements were removed from the interior and a few small, but critical, adjustments to interior walls allowed the interior spaces to be better defined, and circulation and spatial arrangement oddities corrected.  A variety of strategies were employed to bring natural light to dark interior areas. Showers in bathrooms are designed as light wells and the master shower became a glass box pushing through the exterior wall that brings light and openness to the master bath.  An entry courtyard with a water feature was created with a glass entry plane to allow views of the courtyard from within the house and increase the penetration of natural light to the interior.  The exterior wall facing the waterfront was restructured to expand the openness to the water in a manner which relates to the redefined interior spaces. 

To address the house’s exterior appearance, new character defining elements were added outside of the original structure. These elements enhance both the indoor and outdoor experience and provide functional outdoor use areas that enrich the transition between inside and outside. 

In both style and function, the work done to this house represents a stunning transformation which was hard to imagine when looking at the house before construction.

Photographer: Ryan Gamma