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new balance discount code A creation in concrete This "village compound" on two acres on Bispham Road in Gulf Gate is home to artist and potter Ann Darling and adult sons Sumner and Glenn. The architect designed a strong diagonal wingwall that shoots through the building and anchors the three living units. "These walls enlarge the house so that it is in scale with the site. The low wavewall of the courtyard helps to define the space of the exterior courtyard," Abbott explained. "The treed terrace is the heart the great room." The compound was one of the stops on the "Best of Carl Abbott" tour presented by Sarasota Architectural Foundation earlier this year. Abbott, a fellow of the American Institute of Architects, received his master's degree from Yale, where he studied under Paul Rudolph and Louis Kahn, and was a classmate of Pritzker Prizewinner Norman Foster. He has carried on The Sarasota School of architecture legacy of modernism. A common thread in Abbott's buildings is the natural light and the relationship of each building to its site, view lines and sun angles. Raw concrete block walls and polished concreteslab floors add to the honesty of the architecture in the Darling compound. "I like the trueness of the materials, the simplicity of design, the orientation on the property. It's beautiful, awesome," said Sumner, who was named for his father, an architect who died in 1975. Sumner was 2 years old and Glenn two months. Both sons were back in Sarasota three years ago when their grandmother Karlene Darling's estate was being settled. The two acres where she had lived were about to be sold to become the site of 17 condominiums. It was part of a 40acre tract their grandfather bought in the 1920s, and where they had romped as children visiting their grandmother. Twenty acres of it became the St. Thomas More Church complex, where Abbott designed the main church, chapel, walled courtyard and parish center. "All three of us are very independent people, but we had to do this together in order to save this property," Ann Darling explained. They met on many Friday sessions with Abbott, who had been a longtime family friend. The boys grew up with Abbott's sons, Mark and Cooper, in gymnastics and school activities. Abbott visited the property at different times of the day before coming up with the concept of the strong diagonal wing wall to anchor the project. A sitting wall contains the oakleafcovered courtyard as an outdoor living space. "The shadows of the trees on the walls is phenomenal," Ann Darling said. "Carl created something we really love." Contractor Clyde Alstrom had to take more care with the slab and masonry work because they would not be covered by tile, drywall or stucco. Fly ash, mixed with the concrete, gave the floors a marbleized look after grinding and polishing. Plywood protected the slab during drying, and carpenters were careful not to leave nails that could make a rust mark. It was harder to run wires and pipes without drywall to hide them. Ann Darling has the largest space, including a twostory living room with windows toward the courtyard, an open kitchen/dining room, office/TV room, powder room and upstairs master suite overlooking the living room. The upstairs has a narrowplank oak floor and six square, casement windows. A curving wall encloses the bath that has a slate floor. She made the ceramic bowls for basins in all the bathrooms. The kitchen also features Vermont slate, appropriate because the Darling family came from Vermont. "The house is a good showcase for her pottery to contrast with the coldness of the concrete," said Sumner, an engineer who works in Bradenton. He planned the lowvoltage lighting over the dining table. In the twostory living room, he hung two rows of lights at midheight. Sumner's unit has a Murphy bed, kitchenette and a bath inspired by a prominent architect Abbott knows. The entire bath is a shower. Sumner has a table and bookcase that his father made. Glenn's unit reflects the year he lived in Japan. A soju screen hides the bed in the daytime or opens out to give a sense of two rooms. His bath opens to a pond and outdoor shower encircled by bamboo. He built his bookcases and put in the pond. He and Sumner did most of the landscaping. "Carl came up with the concept and we went with it," said Glenn, who likes that the materials are raw. "We all have an investment here. This place has a lot of history for us." Glenn attended college on a music scholarship, earned an English degree and now is studying architecture and working this summer in Abbott's office. For the minimalist setting, Ann Darling had to pare down her furnishings, but she kept some family antiques along with some contemporary pieces. The Alain Huin stainlessback dining chairs tie in with the modern look. The dining table was her fatherinlaw's office conference table. A rocker and poker table are Mission oak. Her office desk is a table set on sawhorses designed by architect Victor Lundy for his drafting table. Sumner Darling purchased them when Lundy was closing his office. Art work includes a number of Thornton Utz portraits of the boys as youngsters. Glenn and Sumner grew up close to the Utz family on Siesta Key. Darling's studio is just a short walk from the compound. There she teaches and creates her pottery. The halfdozen potters at the studio and their students produce about 1,200 bowls for the Empty Bowls projects she started 10 years ago to benefit All Faiths Food Bank. The project now raises almost $40,000 a year, the single largest event for the Food Bank. Her wall murals also can been seen in the compound. A creation in concreteBy DOROTHY STOCKBRIDGEPRATTAbbott designed a strong diagonal wingwall that shoots through the building and anchors the three living units. The architect designed a strong diagonal wingwall that shoots through the building and anchors the three living units. "These walls enlarge the house so that it is in scale with the site. The low wavewall of the courtyard helps to define the space of the exterior courtyard," Abbott explained. "The treed terrace is the heart the great room." The compound was one of the stops on the "Best of Carl Abbott" tour presented by Sarasota Architectural Foundation earlier this year. Abbott, a fellow of the American Institute of Architects, received his master's degree from Yale, where he studied under Paul Rudolph and Louis Kahn, and was a classmate of Pritzker Prizewinner Norman Foster. He has carried on The Sarasota School of architecture legacy of modernism. A common thread in Abbott's buildings is the natural light and the relationship of each building to its site, view lines and sun angles. Raw concrete block walls and polished concreteslab floors add to the honesty of the architecture in the Darling compound. "I like the trueness of the materials, the simplicity of design, the orientation on the property. It's beautiful, awesome," said Sumner, who was named for his father, an architect who died in 1975. Sumner was 2 years old and Glenn two months. Both sons were back in Sarasota three years ago when their grandmother Karlene Darling's estate was being settled. The two acres where she had lived were about to be sold to become the site of 17 condominiums. It was part of a 40acre tract their grandfather bought in the 1920s, and where they had romped as children visiting their grandmother. Twenty acres of it became the St. Thomas More Church complex, where Abbott designed the main church, chapel, walled courtyard and parish center. "All three of us are very independent people, but we had to do this together in order to save this property," Ann Darling explained. They met on many Friday sessions with Abbott, who had been a longtime family friend. The boys grew up with Abbott's sons, Mark and Cooper, in gymnastics and school activities. Abbott visited the property at different times of the day before coming up with the concept of the strong diagonal wing wall to anchor the project. A sitting wall contains the oakleafcovered courtyard as an outdoor living space. "The shadows of the trees on the walls is phenomenal," Ann Darling said. "Carl created something we really love."