John Lambie a builder of many of the Sarasota School of Architecture designed homes was revolutionary with his Lambolithic construction of solid poured concrete wall and roof system with re-usable forms. His reinforced poured concrete made with 5 sizes of sand for added strength which allowed for stronger thinner walls and roofs. More amazing was his roof top pool system of cooling with rubber lined shallow pool filled with sand and water that would naturally cool the home to a comfortable 79 degrees through evaporative cooling. Then the architects use of broad overhands to block the direct sunlight (thermal heat gain) in the warm months plus strategically placed jalousie widows for cross breezes meant that passive cooling could be attained without the need for modern air conditioning which was not commonplace in mid-century homes. The Revere Quality (Rudolph and Twitchell) house located at 100 Ogden St., on Siesta Key, is one such example of this, which kick started the Sarasota School of Architecture movement and notoriety. It was featured in journals Architectural Forum (1948) and Architectural Review (1948) and Home and Garden (1949) as one of Revere Copper's nationwide winners of their contest to showcase innovative and affordable homes in the post World War II boom. Of course, Revere Cooper was to be incorporated in the home somehow, and in this case a copper fireplace hood was part of the design. Much of Lambie's work is still standing on Siesta Key, and the mainland but the addition of modern HVAC systems has replaced the ingenious passive cooling. Lambie built many of these homes without a named Architect but they are considered part of the Sarasota School cannon of work.
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