José Freitas

NESTLED IN THE BEL AIR NEIGHBORHOOD STEPS TO THE OCEAN IN THE QUAINT SEASIDE VILLAGE OF LAUDERDALE BY THE SEA HIDES A MID CENTURY MODERN GEM BY FLORIDA ARCHITECT DAN DUCKHAM. THIS COURTYARD HOME BUILT IN 1963 WAS INSPIRED BY FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT'S "HANNA HOUSE" — DUCKHAM'S FIRST PLAN TO COMPRISE A SERIES OF HEXAGONAL SPACES WHICH OPEN OUT TO A TROPICAL GARDEN — TRUE MID CENTURY ORGANIC ARCHITECTURE. ONE ENTERS THE TROPICAL GARDEN OF MATURE RARE TREES WHICH FORM A CANOPY OVER A CENTRAL LAGOON POOL WITH WATERFALL. THE HOME HAS BEEN METICULOUSLY PRESERVED AND RESTORED.