Design

Realtors, and their marketing departments, have a fairly new tactic in the battle for buyers: Storytelling. Every older house has a story. The vintage property… Read more »

Ron McCarty has seen just about everything at Ca’ d’Zan, the 1925 Venetian Gothic winter mansion of John and Mable Ringling on Sarasota Bay, during… Read more »

In 1979 Dr. James Marsh, a young plastic surgeon in search of a place to live and work, and his girlfriend, Beverly, a nurse, came… Read more »

  On an island that is seeing a lot of new construction, with big houses replacing small ones, the 23rd annual Anna Maria Island Tour… Read more »

Note: Several spaces were not finished when the Herald-Tribune visited the Jewels on the Bay showhouse in February. We revisit today to see those spaces…. Read more »

John Cannon Homes won four “best overall” honors in the Parade of Homes design awards competition. Neal Communities, Homes by Towne, Lee Wetherington Homes and… Read more »

  The 2016 Designer Showhouse celebrates the creativity of two dozen design professionals and the determination of one Ohio woman to rescue a vintage home… Read more »

CLICK HERE FOR THE PHOTO GALLERY   Debbie and John Dart are selling their Sarasota home in Laurel Park and moving. It shouldn’t surprise friends… Read more »

World traveler and well-known Sarasota personality Judy Rossmoore Veale is selling her distinctive purple house in the coveted area of Palm Island on Siesta Key…. Read more »

Jesse and Erin Hostetler married 13 years ago, and three years later established JHM Construction; he organized the building team and sales, while Erin took… Read more »

In the 48 years that she has lived in her small Florida cottage on a canopied street in an old established neighborhood in Sarasota, Mary… Read more »

Dr. Michael Katz and his wife, Wendy, put their own touches on a home in Sandhill Preserve at Palmer Ranch…. Read more »

The focus is on Sarasota School architect Paul Rudolph, whose career had its ups and downs…. Read more »

This Shreve Street home has a modernist flavor, but its designer remains a mystery. … Read more »

Designers worked to make a 561-foot vacation condo feel bigger and have the conveniences of a larger home…. Read more »

Taking on the historic Washington Park home requires compromises. But sometimes, they just don’t have enough space…. Read more »

PUNTA GORDA — The influence of Sarasota’s midcentury modern architecture did not stop at the county line. Carl Abbott, a member of the so-called “Sarasota… Read more »

A collaboration now in its 10th year between Florida State University and the Ringling Museum recently brought a group of rising seniors earning a degree… Read more »

After enjoying a vacation rental on Longboat Key for two seasons, Connecticut residents Len Tavormina and Mary Younglove wondered if they could afford to buy… Read more »

Four local architecture firms have won 2015 Design Awards from the American Institute of Architects Florida/Caribbean…. Read more »