CB Wilson House Certified LEED Gold

Seibert Architects, P.A. is pleased to announce that the C.B. Wilson House and Urfer Family Park located in Sarasota Florida has recently been certified by the United States Green Building Council (USGBC) as LEED Gold. This is the third LEED Gold certified project for Sarasota County.

Feature of this certification include limiting the use of potable water for landscape irrigation by 50% through the introduction of drought tolerant plants and low flow irrigation devices, water efficient plumbing fixtures and using energy efficient light fixtures. 75% of construction waste was recycled and thus diverted from the landfill. Appoximately 20% of the material purchased contains recycled content. 48% of the wood was obtained from sustainable forests. Care was taken to use Low or No-VOC (Volatile Organic Compounds) and products without urea-formaldehyde.

Seibert Architects Awarded Oustanding Achievement in the Field of Green Buildings

Seibert Architects is pleased to announce that the C.B. Wilson House located at Urfer Park in Sarasota has recently been awarded the Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Green Buildings by the Florida Trust for Historic Preservation. This award is given to projects that have demonstrated outstanding achievement in the field of historic preservation through the Florida Trust for Historic Preservation Annual Preservation Awards Program.

This project is a historic rehabilitation of a structure that was originally constructed circa 1906. It has sustainable "green" features such as water efficient plumbing fixtures, energy efficient light fixtures,m construction waste that was recycled and contains recycled content products, and using Low or No-VOC (Volatile Organic Compounds) and products without urea-formaldehyde.

Seibert Architects acknowledges Howell Construction Group, Inc., contractor, and Hees & Associates, structural engineers fror their participation and efforts in this project.

We continue to meet each new project with creative and effective solutions that balance the built environment with the natural environment creating a timeless design.

Seibert Architects Awarded Honor Award

Seibert Architects is pleased to announce that the AIA Florida Gulfcoast has awarded our firm with the Honor Award for Architecture Historic Preservation for the Rees-Schulaner Residence.

Seibert Architects working closely with Interior Designer Seth Schulaner, provided the restoration which focused on reinvigorating the original finishes and the introduction of modern conveniences which reinforced the original design's enduring value.

Strong indoor-to-outdoor connections are emphasized, along with the expression of structural systems and use of local standardized materials, which include stacked masonry units and regionally milled lumber and timbers.

This home has not only withstood the test of time, but continues to be relevant in today's world of environmental consciousness.


Photo Credit: Seibert Architects, PA

42nd Street Open House

The William Rupp house located on 604 42nd Street will have an open house this Sunday April 11th from 1:00 to 4:00 pm. This house was renovated in 2007 by Seibert Architects and will be featured in Europe's Hauser Magazine and on House Smarts TV this summer.

If you are a fan of the modern Sarasota School of Architecture style home, this is an opportunity you cannot miss!

Please contact Martie Lieberman at 941-724-118 or visit www.modernsarasota.com for more details.

We hope to see you there.

AIA Honors Local Architect

The Sarasota Herald-Tribune Home & Real Estate section June 27, 2009

Photograph by Jacob Termansen

By Herold Bubil, harold.bubil@heraldtribune.com

Herold writes about architect Paul Rudolph’s Cohen House built in 1955 and its restoration by Seibert Architects PA in 2005-2006. The Cohen restoration by Seibert won the 2009 Merit Award of Excellence for Renovations and Additions from the Florida Chapter of the American Institute of Architects.

Visit the Cohen House this Sunday

This Sunday, June 21st you have the opportunity to visit one of the iconic Sarasota School of Architecture homes located on Siesta Key at 101 Garden Lane, Sarasota, 34242.

The Cohen house was designed by Paul Rudolph in 1955 for Sarasota's Mayor. The Cohen house was recently featured in book Modern America Houses, Fifty Years of Design in Architectural Record. Seibert Architects was also recently award the AIA Award of Merit for the Cohen house.

The Cohen house is currently for sale at $1.1 million, you could own a piece of architectural history. For more information on the Cohen house please call Martie Leiberman at 941-724-1118.

A Classic Time Piece

Photographs by Matt McCourtney

The T.H. Mitchell House by Seibert Architects is recognized in the article

"The Once and Future House"

from the Style Magazine A Magazine of the Herald-Tribune March 2009

By Marty Fugate

The article walks you through the home, detailing every encounter and the man accountable for it - with always having a great story to tell behind every piece.

"The lines are clean and the materials honest; a simple, rectilinear geometry of glass, white Ocala block and white fir post and beams."

"New Owner Michael Cichon is the man responsible. An avid art collector and art dealer, he's equally in love with the art of yesterday and today. Ancient tribal masks and figures bump shoulders with contemporary paintings, photographs and sculptures. It all looks great in this timeless house."

Cichon had purchased the house in 2003 with ambitions of restoring a lost civilization's timepiece.

"Cichon got to work, 'I took a utility blade to the rug...' Cichon kept working, but not alone. Architect Sam Holladay, AIA at Seibert Architects coordinated the restoration"

"For Cichon, it's the perfect house. There's 1560 square feet of interior space and 940 square feet of patio space, but it's all the house he needs. Nothing needs to be added, nothing could be taken away without hurting it. And that's how he defines perfection."

Cichon continues to say,

"Keep it honest - nothing fake. It's a good policy for architecture, and a good policy for life."

Article in the Herald Tribune.

As put in the Sunday January 18, 2009 edition of the Sarasota Herald-Tribune Sunday Real Estate section: Edited by Herold Bubil:

http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20090118/ARTICLE/901180305/2117

"Retreat by the Sea"

"With waves crashing in the background, craftsman at The Hermitage complete the
rebuilding of the Tom Dignam Beach Cottage."

The article continues to talk about The Hermitage Tom Dignam Beach Cottage and the reconstruction Seibert Architects did with Pat Ball Construction. The Cottage was restoration of salvaged materials. The 700sf cottage was built in 1934 and originally housed three small apartments.

“‘We had to totally rebuild it,' said contractor Pat Ball.’it had fallen into
total disrepair; the only thing we were able to salvage was the interior
paneling.'"

"'A lot of what we were doing was looking at what a building that was built in
1934, with no code, no (hurricane) windloads or any of that kind of stuff - how
do you take that and put it back together?' said Sam Holladay."

The article talks a little more on what was done to the structure.

"The building originally housed three small apartments; now it has one artist
studio and two rooms currently used as offices. Two of the rooms have the
original cypress paneling and built-on-site wooden doors with original latches.
But the wooden floors, plumbing fixtures and roof system, topped by rigid
insulation and 5V-crimp metal, are new.”

"The exterior paint colors were chosen after a bit of detective work. 'By
peeling off layers of paint we discovered these colors,' said Holladay."

The Hermitage Artist Retreat Inc. is a retreat designed to nurture guest artists. It is a time for artists to reflect on their work and lives. It is a six week stay that requires nothing from the artists but their self devotion to art.

"It is a very heavy working stay. It is an opportunity for focus and
reflection and that part of the creative process that is very had to carve out a
busy life," says Bruce Rodgers, Executive Director of The Hermitage Artist
Retreat.

And if you are looking for the application form,

"It is by invitation only. When you get that letter in the mail inviting
you to work, it is a very meaningful statement about where you are in your
career," says Rodgers.