Capturing Orlando

Renovated 1970s ranch home, Central Florida Renovation near Orlando
Orlando is best known for what got built on its outskirts in the 1970s, but the city itself has a longer architectural memory. Downtown grew up around Lake Eola, residential pockets like College Park and Thornton Park took shape in the 1920s, and the wide ring of postwar neighborhoods filled in through the 1950s and 60s. I am based in Birmingham, Alabama, and Florida is a regular part of my travel coverage. My most recent Orlando project was the Central Florida Renovation for SWRL Studio with Groninger Custom Homes on the build and Eagle Custom Installations on the fine carpentry — a thoughtful reworking of a 1970s ranch into an aging-in-place layout designed to extend the useful life of the house.
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