[Expand] the house within a grove of existing oak trees while embracing sustainable design features and innovative wellness technologies.

- Located at the confluence of two small rivers within close to proximity to an urban setting.
- Great care was taken to incorporate the existing oak trees within the overall design of the site.
- Privacy and views were balanced by the strategic placement of a series of architectural ‘fins’.

The design of Tarpon Bend underscores the firm’s ongoing explorations of regional modernism by adapting a rectilinear frame with site-specific and climate-specific considerations. In this case, vertical ‘fins’ which address shading and privacy concerns are incorporated within the rectilinear frame. Tarpon Bend allows the practical site and climate responses to become architectural identity for the buildings.