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The Key West Collection

Wed, 9 Dec 2009 05:03:26 -0500

Steve & Wanda Mouzon transplanted themselves to Miami Beach in 2003 to facilitate a closer working relationship with some of the founders of the New Urbanism. They quickly discovered that the simple laid-back island charm of Key West just a few hours down US 1 made for a perfect getaway counterpoint to more urban setting of their South Beach home.
The plans of the Key West collection do the same: they are generally smaller than the Mooresville Collection plans, with most designs being Cottages or Houses. Nearly all of the construction is wood-frame, and the designs generally are more vernacular than those of the Mooresville Collection.
NOTE: As with the St. Augustine Collection, none of these plans are based on specific homes in Key West. Rather, they honor the simple vernacular wood-frame character of the place.

The Mooresville Collection

Wed, 9 Dec 2009 05:01:38 -0500

This was our first collection, with work on these designs beginning in late 1996. From the beginning, the Mooresville Collection was conceived as a traditional neighborhood collection. It is named in honor of Mooresville, Alabama, a tiny planters’ hamlet just a stone’s throw from the Tennessee River that, while not excellent enough to be nationally renowned, nonetheless inspired us to believe that if our ancestors could do better, we could do better, too. Most of the plans in the Mooresville Collection are Large Houses and Mansions, although there are a few smaller designs in the collection. Most are designed to be built of brick, and they generally tend to be more classical than most of the plans in the other collections.

The Outbuildings Collection

Wed, 9 Dec 2009 05:00:29 -0500

This collection includes various outbuilding types, such as garages, barns, gazebos, etc. It even includes one plan of the original outbuilding type: the outhouse!

The St. Augustine Collection

Tue, 8 Dec 2009 13:25:23 -0500

Steve & Wanda’s original getaway location was New Orleans, dating back to the early 1980s. Steve’s work in recent years has included custom designs based on the coastal Louisiana architecture, and also has included photographing New Orleans and St. Augustine for the Catalog of the Most-Loved Places. His A Living Tradition [Gulf Coast Architecture] book is based on the same sub-tropical architecture. Recent travels and projects has shown a tremendous similarity of patterns in these places and others, including most of the Caribbean.
The St. Augustine collection contains plans of all sizes that are designed for the regional conditions, climate, and gumbo of cultures that occupy the American Gulf Coast and the lands that rim the Caribbean Sea.
NOTE: As with the Key West Collection, none of these plans are based on specific houses in St. Augustine; rather, they honor the character of the region.