Umbrella House Tour

Celebrate 100 Years of Sarasota School: Paul Rudolph, with a tour of the Umbrella House (1953). Tour led by Marty Hylton, President, Architecture Sarasota 11:00 am-12:00 pm 1300 Westway Drive, Sarasota, FL 34236 Street parking is available along Westway Drive near the house. ABOUT Umbrella House In 1953, developer Philip Hiss commissioned Paul Rudolph to design a spec home as a physical advertisement for his concept of "Tropical Homes" and his new development of modernist residences, Lido Shores. The dominant feature of the house is the “umbrella,” giving the house its colloquial name. The shade structure is an expansive awning designed to modulate the intense subtropical sun of Southwest Florida's Gulf Coast and unite the pool and home complex under one cohesive structural gesture. The original umbrella, lost during a storm in the 1960s, was carefully reconstructed in 2015 and received multiple awards for preservation and rehabilitation from the Florida Trust for Historic Preservation and the AIA. PHOTOS Ryan Lester for Architecture Sarasota