Miami Shores Residence
Overview
A full renovation and addition of a 1946 Miami Shores residence, paired with a new guest house and pool. The original two-story stucco home — fronted by a columned entry portico — had stood vacant for years before the project began. The design restores its historic character while opening the house to the garden and reorganizing the property around a central courtyard.
Focus
Restoring a 1946 home that had been vacant for years, while adding the space a modern household needs. The work keeps the historic front and proportions, opens the interior to the garden, and ties the main house, a new guest house, and the pool together around a central courtyard.
Result
When complete, the home will read as it always should have — its historic character intact, now with a columned loggia, a garden room, and French doors connecting the living spaces to the pool and courtyard. The guest house anchors the rear of the property and rounds out the five-bedroom plan.
Before the Renovation
The house had stood empty for years — boarded at every opening, its portico shored, the grounds overgrown. Beneath the neglect was a solidly built home worth saving — good proportions, a real entry portico, and the kind of bones that reward a careful renovation rather than a teardown.
Before The Vision
The restored design keeps the home's historic front while extending it with a columned loggia, a garden room, and a series of French doors that open the interior to the pool and courtyard. A new guest house anchors the rear of the property.
Rendering 
Site Plan
A site axonometric of the main house, the new guest house, and the central courtyard that ties them together.
Under Construction
With the original structure stripped back to its frame, the renovation rebuilds from the inside out — new openings, new columns, and the addition taking shape alongside the original house.
In Progress 
