Manalapan Florida

TOGU : Design vision & Interior design
EAVarchitect: Architect of Record
13,200 SF/AC, 1200 m2

A Tropical Marvel in Manalapan: Ocean and Lagoon Luxury Living

​

The site is the rarest kind in South Florida: ocean on one side, Intracoastal lagoon on the other, and a private beach between them. Everything in this project follows from that double condition.

​

The house is organized so that the main living spaces face the Atlantic, while the guest house and service areas orient toward the calmer water of the lagoon. A cantilevered butterfly roof ties the two wings together and gives the house its profile from the beach: low, horizontal, open, with deep overhangs that shade the glass from the worst of the afternoon sun.

​

The plan is generous. Six bedrooms, two kitchens, a covered outdoor dining area large enough for twelve, and a sequence of terraces that step down from the house toward the sand. The infinity pool sits at the edge, aligned with the ocean horizon, so that standing in the water you lose the boundary between the two. Behind the house, a deep water dock on the Intracoastal accommodates a yacht and connects the property to the bay in minutes.

​

Materials are chosen for the climate: concrete, stone, teak, impact glass. Nothing precious, nothing that cannot take salt and humidity for decades. The butterfly roof, which from a distance looks like a single sculptural gesture, is in fact a precise thermal device. Its angle captures prevailing breezes and funnels them through the central living volume, reducing the need for mechanical cooling.

​

The landscaping is dense, tropical, and private. From the road, you see almost nothing. From inside, you see the ocean, the lagoon, the garden, and the sky. That is the whole idea.

.