Miami ‘s Fisher Island is a prestigious and insular enclave just below the tip of South Beach that’s known for its genteel resort environement and A-list residents, including Oprah Winfrey, Julia Roberts , and Robert Herjavec , who have previously owned condos on the exclusive island. Most of the island’s residences are condos but a rare home, the only beachfront single-family house on the island, provides its owners with a singular retreat that was custom designed by the Miami-based architecture and design studio Light on White in a collaborative effort with Jarosz Architects . Jarosz Architects handled the exterior architecture, while Light On White, took on the interior architecture and interior design.
And since Fisher Island has a strict architectural protocols that requires the exteriors of every structure to reflect Mediterranean styling, the challenge was to blend this Mediterranean detailing with cool, contemporary interiors in a seamless, sophisticated way. “The clients loved the lifestyle that Fisher Island offered them,” Light on White founder Alizée Brion tells Robb Report . “There’s a school on the island and they have young children.
An opportunity arose for them to purchase multiple condo units in low-rise buildings. One by one they purchased these units and demolished the original structures to replace it with a new-build, single-family residence. Nobody has ever really done that before in this capacity.
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