Scott Hughes
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| Years active | 1980–present |
| Website | scotthughesarchitect |
Scott Hughes is an American architect based in Hobe Sound, Florida. He has been the architect of several high-profile residential,[1] commercial and public projects.[2]
Hughes is the principal of HughesUmbanhowar Architects, a firm he co-founded in 2010. He is most known for designing Beach Road 2, which received global media coverage for its architecture.[3][4]
Early life and education
[edit]Hughes was born in 1952. He began his architectural studies at the University of Virginia and later received a Master of Architecture from the Southern California Institute of Architecture.[5][6]
Career
[edit]In 1981, Hughes established an architecture firm for Vice President Dan Quayle.[7][8]
Early in his career, he worked at Arthur Cotton Moore Associates. In 1995, following a three-year collaboration with Philip Johnson, he began an 18-month design thesis at The Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc) under the direction of the office of Frank Gehry.[9][10] After completing his thesis, he became a partner at Jones Partners: Architecture, an architecture firm based in California.[11]
In 2004, Hughes became a trustee of Southern California Institute of Architecture. Since 2005 Scott has been appointed to the Local Planning Agency of the Town of Jupiter Island.[12] He founded HughesUmbanhowar Architects (HUUM) with John Umbanhowar in 2010.[13] The firm has studios in Venice California and South Florida. The firm's work has been recognized in a number of exhibitions and publications and has been featured in The Wall Street Journal,[14] The Los Angeles Times, Dwell, Interior Design Magazine, Architectural Record, Architecture, and Progressive Architecture.[15]
The firm's most well known project is called Beach Road 2, a two-story Atlantic beach house built between 2004 and 2005 on the foundation of a previous house in the North Beach Road area of Jupiter Island, Florida. The design was reviewed in multiple magazines and media outlets with The National writing that "...nothing takes fuller advantage of its sweeping Atlantic Ocean views than this Jupiter Island home designed by Scott Hughes and John Umbanhowar..."[16] In 2012, it was recognized as one of the 100 most important Florida Buildings of the last 100 years by the State of Florida.[17]
Awards and honors
[edit]- 2015 AIATC Design Merit Award - Big Timber
- 2015 AIATC Design Merit Award - Rohl Residence
- 2011 - AIAFL Masonry Building of the Year - River Road House
- 2009 - AIAFL Design Merit Award - Ski House H2o[18]
- 2008 - AIATC Design Excellence Award - Pine School[19]
- 2005 - AIA/TC Design Excellence Award - Beach Road 2[20]
- 2005 - AIA/TC Design Excellence Award - Paseo Miramar
- 2004 - MSCA Starr Award - Monique L'Huillier, Edina
- 2003 - AIATC Design Merit - Isle Ridge Road
- 2002 - AIALA Int. Arch. Design Award - Monique L'Huillier (with Design Bureau)[21]
- 2002 - AIAFL Design Excellence - Gomez Road[22]
References
[edit]- ^ Candace Jackson (1 October 2015). "Serious Art Lovers Design Homes Around Their Collections". WSJ.
- ^ Saxon Henry. "A bespoke beach house in Jupiter Island, Florida - The National".
- ^ "Beach Road 2". Waterfront Home & Design. Summer 2006. p. 13,14,15.
- ^ "Die Strandperle". Architectural Digest (Germany). July 2006.
- ^ "Nod to Neutra". Interior Design Magazine. June 2002. p. 21,22,23,24.
- ^ "Scott Hughes creates a 21st-Century version of the legendary Key Biscayne Mashta House in Miami that seems to 'float' on the sea". Global Design News. 18 February 2021.
- ^ "Building Blocks: ECCO Leather studio". Daily Journal of Commerce. Retrieved 2023-08-07.
- ^ "Winner of 2018 City of Dreams Pavilion Competition announced". The Architect's Newspaper. Retrieved 2023-08-07.
- ^ Nate Berg. "Diversify Your Firm's Services". Architect.
- ^ "Modern Composition". Florida Design.
- ^ "hughesumbanhowar architects Profile - hughesumbanhowar architects: Architecture, Solutions". huum.com. Archived from the original on 22 January 2016. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
- ^ "Boards & Committees | Town of Jupiter Island".
- ^ "Jupiter Island home named among best examples of Florida's architecture in past 100 years". tcpalm.com. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
- ^ Candace Jackson (2 September 2011). "Luxury Real Estate: Water Skiing and Minimalism in Hobe Sound, Fla. - WSJ". WSJ.
- ^ "Beach House in Jupiter Island by Scott Hughes Architects".
- ^ "In pictures: Florida beach house with a view".
- ^ "Reeder, Jim, Jupiter Island House honored for its architecture: Home named one of the best designs in Florida architecture in the past 100 years Scripps Treasure Coast Newspapers".
- ^ "The 2009 Florida/Caribbean Honor & Design Award winners" (PDF).
- ^ "AIA Treasure Coast - Awards". aiatreasurecoast.com. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
- ^ "AIArchitect, August 11, 2006 - AIA Treasure Coast Uncovers Nine Architectural Jewels".
- ^ "AIA Design Awards Monique L'huillier Boutique". LA Architect. February 2002. pp. 26, 27.
- ^ "2002 Design Awards Archive".
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