Mountain Lake Residence

Basking within bell shot of the historic Bok Tower carillon tower in Central Florida, this home is a sleek addition to the ‘old world’ enclave of Mountain Lake. This historic, resort-like community was originally founded in 1916 and represents one of Florida’s most significant collections of Mediterranean-Revival and other European-styled residential architecture. The Mountain Lake Residence overlooks Mountain Lake’s eponymous body of water. In fact, the house makes efficient use of its wide lot so that every significant room has inspiring lake views. The low-slung design continues the firm’s experimentations with the floating, rectilinear frame. The Mountain Lake Residence shares many similarities with Strang’s preceding design for Lake House, however, the Mountain Lake Residence internalizes its covered terrace and thus maintains a purer expression of the frame.