Architectural Digest described the Umbrella House as “One of the five most remarkable houses of the mid-twentieth century”.
In 1953, developer Philip Hiss hired architect Paul Rudolph to create one of the 20th century's most iconic houses. Built as a speculative house for the contemporary development Lido Shores to attract attention from the road, the Umbrella House measures about 2,000 square feet and is built on a 32-inch module, the width of a standard Sears jalousie window. The dominant feature of the house, the aptly named "umbrella," was originally built of wood and used to shade the house from the intense Florida sun was lost in a storm in the 1960's. The full umbrella over the pool was restored in 2015, receiving the 2016 Florida Trust Outstanding Award, 2016 Florida AIA Honor Award and the 2016 Florida Gulf Coast Chapter AIA Honor Award.
The docent-led tour includes visiting both the exterior and interior of the house.
11am to 12 pm
Limited to 24 people
On street parking available
Read more: "Paul Rudolph's Umbrella House: A Sarasota Landmark is Restored" by Harold Bubil, Herald Tribune
"Rudolph was a master of sculpturing light and space, following in the footsteps of Frank Lloyd Wright, whose emotionalism he married to the cool Modernism of Europeans like Walter Gropius and Le Corbusier."
— Michael Kimmelman, New York Times
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Photo © Anton Grassl, Esto
