Rufus Nims’ Adler guest cottage (Hibiscus House) is a modernist restructuring of the functional Florida vernacular logic of raising living areas above the ground, in order to avoid bugs and achieve better views and breezes. The house is a single-floor pavilion, wrapped in an innovative system of louvered glass and wood panels that light and ventilate the ceiling and floor. Nims designed and built all the furniture in the house.

Hibiscus House, 1952.
Rufus Nims, architect.
Rudi Rada, photographer.

Historical Museum of Southern Florida, Rada Collection.

Reproductions

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