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AIA Florida Gulf Coast design and honor awards

The Florida Gulf Coast chapter of the American Institute of Architects presented its 2016 design and honor awards Thursday evening at teh Hyatt Regency Sarasota…. Read more »

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ARCHITECTURE: CFAS raised $50,000 from The Modern Show

The Center for Architecture Sarasota reports that it raised more than $50,000 from its recent Modern Show. The money will be used for CFAS programs… Read more »

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LETTER FROM HOME: Local design event and a New Orleans mansion

The biennial Sarasota Design Conference will be held June 17-18 at the Hyatt Regency Sarasota. “It’s our big thing,” said conference director Selma Wilson, AIA…. Read more »

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Homebuying hot spots: Where are they?

NEW ORLEANS — “Homebuying Hot Spots” is the topic of the final panel discussion of the day at the National Association of Real Estate Editors’… Read more »

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What is a "state of emergency"?

When Gov. Rick Scott declared a state of emergency earlier this morning for 34 coastal counties as Tropical Storm Colin threatened the state, it brought… Read more »

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For hurricane season, important checklists

Hurricane season begins today. Here are some educational graphics from the Federal Alliance for Safe Homes. Just click on them to enlarge, then read and… Read more »

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HURRICANE QUIZ: Region has a history of dodging hurricanes

A map of Florida’s hurricane landfalls over the past 50 years shows a gap over Sarasota and Manatee counties. So when a Sarasotan brags about… Read more »

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Q&A: Preservationists Linda Stevenson and Lorrie Muldowney on balance of progress, heritage

Bradenton architect Linda Stevenson has been teaching preservation classes at the University of Florida since 2012 after receiving her Ph.D. in 2011. She also is… Read more »

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LETTER FROM HOME: Readers are passionate about local architecture

Reader email — this one came in after my May 15 story on the new Asian Art Center at The Ringling — can be so… Read more »

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Letter From Home: No time for hurricane complacency

ORLANDO — There you are, enjoying your spring, zipping around town now that the tourists are gone, and looking forward to some summer fun. Then… Read more »

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Mixed climate factors lead to forecasts of average hurricane season

ORLANDO — At the Governor’s Hurricane Conference here this week, there has been a lot of talk about El Nino, La Nina and their effects… Read more »

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Developer Zipes sues The Kolter Group

Fort Lauderdale highrise developer Richard Zipes is suing The Kolter Group. In January 2005, as his plans fizzled for a $100 million condominium called the Metropolitan,… Read more »

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ArchiFest Sarasota: "A unique concept"

Sarasota architect Jerry Sparkman, first up on ArchiFest Sarasota’s interview line at 10:05 a.m. Saturday, weighs in on the significance of the event. “ArchiFest is… Read more »

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Guy Peterson lists his downtown architecture studio

Noted and highly successful Sarasota architect Guy Peterson, FAIA, wants everyone to know that, despite the for-sale sign in front of his studio at 1234… Read more »

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Letter From Home: The Vue -- reader reaction

Last week’s column on the Vue Sarasota Bay brought a flurry of letters to both our Letters to the Editor newspaper page and my Facebook… Read more »

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SAF features “Women in Architecture” with film, panel

The Sarasota Architectural Foundation will focus on “Women in Architecture” during a film presentation and panel discussion from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, May 3,… Read more »

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Q&A with Gretchen Schneider

A question-and-answer interview with Gretchen Schneider, general manager of the City of Sarasota’s planning and development department, regarding the zoning code as it relates to the… Read more »

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Letter From Home: The big question about the Vue

Jeff LaHurd, the well-known Sarasota historian, recently wrote in a Herald-Tribune article that Sarasota had lost its charm. He should know, having moved to Sarasota… Read more »

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Blocking the Vue?

​The most-asked question in Sarasota today might be, “How did that condo tower get so close to the street?” The tower is the Vue Sarasota… Read more »

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DWY named among top 50 landscape architecture firms by Ocean Home

DWY Landscape Architects of Sarasota has been named to Ocean Home magazine’s list of the “Top 50 Landscape Architects 2016.” The inaugural list represents “the… Read more »