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Art House on the Phillippi

Decades Ago, Painter Syd Solomon’s Phillippi Creek Home Became a Magical Gathering Spot for an Endless Stream of Famous Artists

Solomon's son Mike remembers those years.

07/10/2025 By Kay Kipling

Blush Rush

The Little Pink House That Could

How a pint‑sized bubble‑gum cottage in Braden Castle Park defied the odds—and the market.

06/30/2025 By Kim Doleatto

Local Legacy

Local Firms Win Big at the 2025 AIA Florida Awards

From a Venice pavilion to a Longboat Gulf-front estate, Sarasota-area architects return with award-winning work across the map.

06/19/2025 By Kim Doleatto

Nice Ness

A Historic Sarasota School Home on Siesta Key Hits the Market

Listed at $5.3 million, this poured-concrete Sarasota School original sits on the edge of Heron Lagoon, offering seamless indoor-outdoor living.

06/18/2025 By Kim Doleatto

Artful Refuge

Inside the Gallery House, an Art-Filled Lido Shores Home

With architect Guy Peterson, a local couple reimagined a midcentury home. It's now for sale for $4,185,000.

05/23/2025 By Kim Doleatto

History's Here

Check Out the Winners of This Year’s Sarasota County Heritage Awards

The winners are champions of local historic preservation and adaptive reuse, historical research, archaeological conservancy and more.

05/13/2025 By Kim Doleatto

Lush Life

The Beauty and Resilience of Florida-Friendly Gardens

“Take your little piece of land and steward it. It will give you a sense of power. Your choices matter. You can make a difference.”

05/05/2025 By Ruth Lando

Putting on a Show

How to Stage Your Home for Sale

The National Association of Realtors estimates that staging increases home offer prices by 1 percent to 5 percent.

04/29/2025 By Tisha Leung

Hitting the High Notes

Sarasota Orchestra Shares Sneak Peek of New Music Center

Its new HQ will be located at 5701 Fruitville Road and designed by William Rawn Associates.

04/09/2025 By Staff

Maine Attraction

How a Fixer Upper in South Sarasota Was Converted Into a Historic Treasure

Located at 2525 Ashton Road, it’s nestled in a neighborhood with deep local roots: the Maine Colony Historic District, which came to be around 1916.

04/01/2025 By Kim Doleatto

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Future Flourish

Selby Gardens Nears Fundraising Goal for Its Next Phase (Plus a Sneak Peek of What's to Come)

Phase Two is set to bring a state-of-the-art conservatory, expanded gardens and a new learning pavilion as part of a visionary master plan.

03/25/2025 By Kim Doleatto

Moderns That Matter

11 Sarasota Landmarks We Love

Highlights from Architecture Sarasota’s Moderns That Matter program.

03/19/2025 By Kim Doleatto

Botanic Bosses

OLIN Wins Architecture Sarasota’s Philip Hanson Hiss Award

The landscape architecture firm is celebrated for its transformative designs, including the reimagined Selby Gardens.

03/11/2025 By Kim Doleatto

An Oldie but Goodie

A Midcentury Modern Gem in Southgate Offers a Peek into the Past

Today, 25 years after purchasing the home for $86,500, it’s a time capsule that owner Scott Spear wants to pass on to another aficionado.

03/06/2025 By Kim Doleatto

Woot Woot

Sarasota Builders Won Big at This Year’s National Association of Home Builders Awards

Nautilus Custom Homes, Perrone Construction and Trinity Custom Homes stood out from the competition, taking home a total of ten awards.

03/04/2025 By Kim Doleatto

What Lies Ahead

An Architecture Sarasota Speaker Series Is Bringing in Renowned Urbanists to Discuss Our City's Future

'We want to spark ideas on how we might strategize around affordable housing, climate resilience and the challenges of growing while maintaining Sarasota’s identity.'

02/07/2025 By Kim Doleatto

Casa Creedence

Creedence Clearwater Revival’s Stu Cook Has Listed His Sarasota Waterfront Home

The Carl Abbott-designed San Remo home that the Hall of Fame bassist shares with his wife Dana is on the market for $9.975 million.

02/05/2025 By Kim Doleatto

Rocking Chair Man

Parker Converse Creates Custom Rocking Chairs That Last a Lifetime

Converse's varied career has included stints in finance and as a sea captain. Now he spends his days in his Sarasota studio turning wood into heirloom rocking chairs that blend precision and passion.

01/27/2025 By Kim Doleatto

Golden Age

Home Tour: A Layered, Low-Key Maximalist Downtown Sarasota Condo

A Virginia transplant designs his dream home on Golden Gate Point.

01/22/2025 By Kim Doleatto

Flashback

Photo: Venice Drive-In Church, 1955

Designed by architect Victor Lundy and built in 1955, it was featured in a photo spread published by Life magazine in April of that year.

01/17/2025 By Cooper Levey-Baker

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