Prism Awards 2008
Award of Merit, Residential
NeMo (New Modern)
Winter Park, Fla.
Designer/Contractor: Phil Kean, Phil Kean Design, Winter Park, Fla. (Honoree)
Interior Designer: Rob Turner, CRT Studio Inc., Winter Park, Fla.
Supplier: Tile Market Inc., Orlando, Fla.
Large rectangular travertine flooring tile runs throughout the interiors, across the lanai and around the pool deck. Quartz ledgestone that is used on the home’s façade is wrapped inside the entrance to highlight the wood-and-glass balustrade staircase. The quartz’s adjusted position of color and texture are used to create both exterior and interior architectural definition. The focal point of the home’s open floor plan is a huge, four-sided, 600-gallon, salt-water aquarium enclosed by four large quartz columns. The quartz is used again to envelope the master bedroom’s eco-smart fireplace, and also to serve as a weeping wall water-feature at the north end of the pool.