Beachside: Windsor Architecture and Design

BeachsideWindsor Architecture and DesignHadley Keller272 pages, 9 1/4 x 12full-color photographsOctober, 2021The Vendome Press Tropical living at its most chicThe planned community of Windsor, on a barrier island in Vero Beach, Florida, offers elegant-yet-casual seaside living at its best. This sublimely landscaped village, planned by the renowned New Urbanists Andrés Duany and Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, boasts houses by A-list architects and top interior designers, among them John Stefanidis, Steven Gambrel, and Alessandra Branca. The exteriors, Anglo-Caribbean in style, feature steeply pitched roofs, open eaves, cantilevered balconies, and palm-shaded courtyards and pools. The interiors, all executed with exquisite craftsmanship and appointed with fine finishes, range in style from traditional to sleekly contemporary. Beachside presents a wide array of the houses, organized by room. Filled with photographs of bougainvillea-framed entrances, airy open-plan living-dining rooms, cozy stud