Palmer House

Lutz, Florida

1971

            The client was a developer/builder who owned old orange grove property on two cypress tree lined lakes. This house for himself, a bachelor, was also intended to establish an organic quality of architecture to help sell property to people with similar tastes. The Williams and Faulkner houses were two unbuilt projects designed for his buyers that are included in this website. This design follows the idea of circular forms into more of a freeform, but still closely organized plan.

            I also worked with Palmer to develop his floating swimming pool idea, which he had patented. The fiberglass deck and the inflatable rim were two versions of the idea, which was to isolate the filtered water with a vinyl membrane.