Florida isn’t just the land of beaches, swamps, orange juice, and Miami Vice. Despite the hurricanes and other environmental restrictions, this state is home to amazing architectural accomplishments. Some of the hotels in Florida are worth visiting regardless if you stay or not. Have you visited any of these wondrous buildings?
1. The Baughman Center
“This center consists of two buildings located along Lake Alice on the University of Florida campus. The main building is a 1,500-square-foot (140 m2) nondenominational chapel or pavilion, while the other one is an 1,000-square-foot (93 m2) administrative building. The chapel has seating for 96 people and is used for silent meditation, private contemplation, weddings,funerals and memorial services as well as a venue for small musical or performing arts events.”
This is perhaps one of the beach’s most historically and architecturally significant hotels. Built in 1954, this hotel is considered the most significant accomplishment for the architect, Morris Lapidus.
This tower, located in Miami, is currently a contemporary art museum and a central office to different disciplines in the arts associated with Miami Dade College.
This amphitheater was introduced to improve the “Broadwalk” (Now Boardwalk) of Daytona Beach. It was completed in 1938, and is used for regular open-air concerts and other performances.
Located in Ellenton, this mansion is also known as the Gamble Plantation Historic State Park. “It consists of the antebellum mansion developed by its first owner, Major Robert Gamble; a 40,000-gallon cistern to provide the household with fresh water; and 16 acres (65,000 m2) of the former sugar plantation.”
This amazing home is located in Santa Rosa Island. Less than 100 of these prefabricated homes, designed by Matti Suuronin, were built in the 1960’s and 1970’s in random locations.
This “Mediterranean Revival residence in Sarasota, Florida, was the winter home of the American circus owner, developer and art collector John Ringling and his wife Mable. Lovers of the Venetian aesthetic, the Ringlings chose the site overlooking Sarasota Bayfor its vista, which reminded them of the lagoon of their favorite city.”
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17. The Orlando Convention Center
Also known as the Orange County Convention Center, it is the primary public convention center for the Central Florida region.
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