Podesta Residence

ParkFowler Plus · Vero Beach, Florida

The Podesta Residence is a winter home in Vero Beach, on Florida’s Atlantic coast.  Designed by Brininstool + Lynch, now ParkFowler Plus, the 8,100-square-foot house honors its community’s Anglo-Caribbean guidelines on the outside, then opens up inside, with full-height glass looking onto the pool and courtyard.  We spent about two and a half days there, and I felt like I was simply at play for the duration of the shoot.  The photographs have since appeared in Florida Design as well as in Brininstool + Lynch: Making Architecture.

Podesta Residence by ParkFowler Plus at dusk, glass-walled living spaces reflected in the courtyard pool, Vero Beach, Florida
Pool and terrace of the Podesta Residence, with a white gabled guest wing, outdoor fireplace and bougainvillea
Outdoor shower fixtures casting long shadows on a white stucco wall above white chaise lounges
Living room seen through floor-to-ceiling glass and reflected in the courtyard pool at dusk
Living room opening onto the pool courtyard, with walnut paneling and a turquoise Egg chair
Dining area and gallery-like living space along full-height glass facing the courtyard pool
Guest wing, outdoor fireplace and palms reflected in the reflecting pool beneath a deep overhang
Turquoise Egg chair and ottomans before a walnut-paneled wall, with a sculptural console beyond
Long white kitchen with walnut upper cabinets and a stainless steel hood
Library with floor-to-ceiling shelving, rolling ladder and an oversized pendant above a wood table
Breakfast table beneath a globe pendant, with a glass wall looking onto the stair and courtyard
Primary bedroom with white partition walls and dark wood floors in afternoon light
Pool courtyard with the outdoor fireplace, umbrella and gabled wings of the Podesta Residence
Family room with a yellow lounge chair, charcoal sectional and walnut media wall
Dining room with walnut credenza and Brno chairs, facing the garden through full-height glass
Looking up a stair hall to a cluster of glass globe pendants
Floating dark wood stair with a white railing rising to the upper hall
Freestanding white tub before a limestone wall between two windows in the primary bath