Coco Plum Residence

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This facelift to an existing spec house in cocoplum from 1993, which was styled in a muddled mix of faux ornamentation, aimed to strip down the applied motifs to simplify and re-situate the renovation of the home into a refined and uncomplicated language- more evocative of a contemporary translation of the neo-Spanish Colonial style.

Faux wood, glued-on soffit outriggers; heavy EIFS-striped banding; seamed, segmented faux column covers and clipped-on canvas awnings were removed. Once cleared of its excessive bauble, the project was conceived as a blank canvas to introduce a new, cohesive material palette: warm white stucco walls capped by a new concrete barrel tile, tri-toned roof, and newly refinished “grounding” elements of plinths, porches/steps and planters adorned in earthly, indigenous coral stone.

Two porches, which draw you in at the entry, and host you at the amply spaced back yard replaced the existing mundane structures. These new elements are articulated in pure white stucco over cast-in-place concrete forms detailed by sweeping, unadorned cornices and tapered profiled edges. At the rear, the existing wrought iron guardrails were removed, and replaced by a system of cleaner, glass railing and integrated seating/planters that edge the plinths and address the pool. A simple summer kitchen complements the rear exterior pool and porch experience.

4,802 gsf