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Inside Jacob Brillhart’s Subtropical Modern Miami River Home

May 23, 2016 by Lucas Lechuga

The Brillhart House, designed by Jacob Brillhart. Photos by Sean McCaughan.
The Brillhart House, designed by Jacob Brillhart. Photos by Sean McCaughan.




Inspired by a synthesis of the most iconic and minimal of 'High Modernist' houses (think of Farnsworth House by Mies van der Rohe and Philip Johnson's Glass House) and the subtropical vernacular of a hot and humid climate, Miami architect Jacob Brillhart designed and built his dream home in Spring Garden, one of Miami's oldest neighborhoods. The neighborhood and the house are both tucked in a tiny peninsula poking out into the Miami River.





Having completed the house a year or two ago (for much more on the Brillhart House and its design, check out his portfolio) and settled in with the family, the Brillharts opened it to the public over the weekend for Our House, "unique design and retail initiative," as the invitation put it, with furniture, art, and design pieces all for sale, accompanied by a lecture and workshops.





Inside the warm-but-restrained, modernist vessel for living was a colorful smorgasbord of design, with just the perfect amount of well-selected clutter to make it feel cozy. Outside again, Jacob had another surprise: a half-built movable wooden vacation home, which he's building in his back yard. It's designed to be disassembled into a flat-pack and shipped to Eleuthera, in the Bahamas, where a gorgeous beach-front lot is waiting for it.






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I believe the house was designed by both Melissa and Jacob Brillhart, FYI

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