Award Winning South Village Home

A striking design, meticulous craftsmanship and exquisite finishes came together to create a Windsor residence that has received not one but two awards since being built in 2019. Judges recently awarded Moor, Baker & Associates Architects the Palladio Award for New Design & Construction for a residence described as “an undulating sculpture,” by Nancy Berry, editor of Traditional Building magazine.

The annual Palladio Awards, co-produced by Traditional Building magazine and the Traditional Building Conference Series, honor outstanding achievement in traditional design. The event recognizes both individual designers and design teams whose work enhances the beauty and humane qualities of the built environment. This year’s 21st annual Palladio Awards competition recognized 14 architectural firms across the commercial, institutional, public and residential sectors.

Designing the award-winning Windsor house was a challenge for the Vero Beach firm. The lot was relatively small and the house needed to fit five bedrooms in 4,900 square feet of space. Ever mindful of the space limitations as well as Windsor’s building codes, the architects let the challenges spur their creativity.

Located in Windsor’s peaceful South Village neighborhood, the home was conceived as a symmetrical garden villa in the manner of grand country estates. With its sculpted stucco façade and interior architecture, the design is a sophisticated contemporary interpretation of traditional Anglo-Caribbean design.

Built by Barth Construction of Vero Beach, the home features a pair of matching wings and a central, open-air courtyard surrounded by two-story walls. Eschewing ornamentation in favor of a minimalistic aesthetic, the architects employed sculptural stucco elements including a shapely hood over the kitchen range, a massive floor-to-ceiling fireplace and a dramatic spiral staircase that was described as “a work of art,” by Berry.

In 2020, Moor, Baker & Associates Architects garnered the Addison Mizner Award for Single Family Homes under 5,000 square feet for this same Windsor home. The Institute of Classical Architecture & Art Florida Chapter founded the Addison Mizner Awards program in 2012 to celebrate new work in the classical design tradition. The awards program celebrates the achievement of excellence in the fields of Architecture, Interior Design, Landscape Architecture, Urbanism, Craftsmanship and the allied arts. Mizner, one of Florida’s leading architects in the 1920s, established his own Spanish and Mediterranean Revival style that became the architectural signature of South Florida.

ARCHITECTURE: MOOR, BAKER & ASSOCIATES ARCHITECTS

CONSTRUCTION: BARTH CONSTRUCTION OF VERO BEACH, INC.

LANDSCAPE DESIGN: HAYSLIP LANDSCAPE

INTERIOR DESIGN: OLIVIA O’BRYAN

PHOTOGRAPHY: JESSICA GLYNN