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Cape Romano Dome house was built in 1982 by retired independent oil producer Bob Lee. The home changed ownership several times, with the most recent ownership by the state of Florida since 2018. The islet was gradually eroded by successive hurricanes, and on September 28, 2022, the remaining structures above water collapsed due to Hurricane Ian ...
Nestled in the heart of Cashiers, North Carolina, Sherwin and Roane Loudermilk of Loudermilk Homes built and designed this mountain house to endure the region’s heavy rainfall and rugged terrain ...
Versailles house in 2014. Built on a constructed hill on 10 acres (4.0 ha) of lakefront property, [4] [11] the residence is expected to include nine kitchens, [2] 14 bedrooms, [12] three indoor pools, two outdoor pools, a video arcade, [4] a ballroom with a capacity of 500 to 1,000 people, [3] a two-story movie theater with a balcony inspired by the Palais Garnier, a 20,000-bottle wine cellar ...
In the 1920s, Florida was in the midst of high real estate activity, where the state saw inflated real estate values and many coming into the state eager for profits. The market for real estate reached a peak in 1925, with the 1926 Miami hurricane and Wall Street crash of 1929 forcing little development in the state and a land bust. [6]
Masters built his first balloon-constructed house exterior in 1969 in less than three days during a turbulent snowstorm, using the same methods later used to build the Xanadu houses. [2] Masters was convinced that these dome-shaped homes built of foam could work for others, so he decided to create a series of show homes in the United States.
In Jacksonville Beach, a towering 10-foot-wide “spite house” has stirred up the neighborhood after developer John Atkins built it on a narrow plot of land neighbors wanted to buy.
The islands were built from mud dredged from the bottom of Tampa Bay in the 1920s and expanded. This dredge-and-fill operation was undertaken at the height of the Florida Land Boom by developer and Tampa native D. P. Davis. Davis then purchased all the dredged land for $350,000.
In 2002, the State of Florida acquired the property that holds the ruins of the plantation's sugar mill, one of the South's largest, and added it to the historic park complex. On April 18, 2012, the AIA's Florida Chapter placed the Gamble Mansion #76 on its list, Florida Architecture: 100 Years. 100 Places. [4]