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Ultramodern undercover
Landscape designer Jefr� Manuel has an ultramodern design sensibility -- but he lives in a traditional home in a conservative Lake Nona neighborhood.
Artists employ creativity and love of Mexican architecture to create an urban oasis
Casa Querencia is an introspective house. Except for a single, second-story window facing the street, all the windows open into secluded courtyards.
Blending Old World elegance with contemporary style breathes new life into home
Jim Ross is deeply rooted in the sandy soil of southwest Orange County -- and so is the new Ross home.
Mediterranean Makeover
Mediterranean Revival has been a favorite architectural style for homes in new, upscale subdivisions throughout Central Florida for several decades.
House of many charms
The Czesnakowicz home enjoys the best of two worlds. It sits on Lake Adair, a serene, cypress-fringed slice of natural Florida. But it also is just minutes away from the urban center of downtown Orlando.
Holiday spirit
For most of the year, Tom and Penny Yochum's spacious Winter Park house is a traditional Southern home. Elegant but comfortable, it is a showplace for their sizable collection of landscape paintings, most by Florida artists.
We go behind the scenes for a look at filmmaker Robin Cowie's family home
-Robin Cowie calls his home a "happy house -- warm and inviting."
Couple turns inspiration from travels into the dream home
The Central Florida home of philanthropists Marc and Sharon Hagle is well named: Casa del Mondo -- House of the World.
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