Moderns That Matter: Umbrella House Tour
Saturday, April 11, 2026
11:00am-12:00pm
1300 Westway Drive, Sarasota FL 34236
Parking available on Westway Drive
Tour the residence that Architectural Digest describes as “One of the five most remarkable houses of the mid-twentieth century."
The Umbrella House
In 1953, developer Philip Hiss commissioned Paul Rudolph to design a spec home as a physical advertisement for his new development, 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 Florida sun and unite the pool and home complex under one cohesive structural gesture. The original umbrella, lost during a storm in the 1960s, was carefully restored in 2015, receiving multiple awards for preservation and rehabilitation from the Florida Trust for Historic Preservation and the AIA.
Tour Led by Marty Hylton, President, Architecture Sarasota
PHOTO CREDITS:
Photo Courtesy of Anton Grassl / Esto