RESIDENCE REMODELING IN PINECREST, MIAMI, FLORIDA

As Miami residential architects who understood ranch houses of that era, we used a three prong approach to determine how to best help these clients:
       1.  One wing of the house was reconfigured into a Master Bedroom and Bath combination with another bedroom and bath adjacent to it or the new baby.
      2.  The roof of the house was completely re-designed and new trusses provided on top of the original plywood, in order to eliminate all the flat roofs and integrate all the existing roofs into one roof.  In addition, the pitch of the roof was raised. The client wanted to see more roof.  They thought this would make the house look more elegant.
      3.  An entry portico was added on the front as well as a trellis area and covered terrace on the back of the house around the pool.  Since the house was an "L" shaped residence, these two new elements helped to define the entertainment area around the pool.  At the request of the clients, the entire house had a Mediterranean style which served as a unifying theme.  This style comes from the time of the founding of Coral Gables by George Merrick, who had his architects scour Spain and the Mediterranean for good examples of their architecture and bring those back to Florida.  This style is very popular in the area. You can read more about the styles of architecture popular in Miami and their roots here.  

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Green building ideas are incorporated with the trellis and covered terraces.  These additions to the original building allow for the enjoyment of the wonderful Miami weather without the use of air-conditioning.