Firm Name: Brillhart Architecture

Principals: Jacob Brillhart, Melissa Brillhart

Headquarters: Miami, Florida

Accolades: Forbes Architecture’s “America’s Top 200 Residential Architects,” 2025; Forbes Architecture’s “America’s Best-in-State Residential Architects,” 2025

House Name: Elevated Tropical Home

Location: Miami, Florida

Area & Layout: 4,500 square feet; 4 BR, 6 BA

Architectural Photographers: Michael Stavaridis (michaelstavaridis.com), Stephan Goettlicher (stephangoettlicher.com)

or years, a Miami homeowner watched helplessly as hurricanes and tropical storms reduced his 1920s house to a patchwork of ad hoc repairs. Tired of the endless loop of........

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