Scott Hughes Explained

Scott Hughes
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Scott Hughes is an American architect based in Hobe Sound, Florida. He has been the architect of several high-profile residential,[1] commercial and public projects.[2]

Hughes is the principal of HughesUmbanhowar Architects, a firm he co-founded in 2010. He is most known for designing Beach Road 2, which received global media coverage for its architecture.[3] [4]

Early life and education

Hughes was born in 1952. He began his architectural studies at the University of Virginia and later received a Master of Architecture from the Southern California Institute of Architecture.[5] [6]

Career

Hughes established his own architecture firm in 1981, though he did not receive an architectural license until 1990. He was indicted in 1989 for misrepresentation to the government when it was discovered that he was unlicensed while designing a residence for Vice President Dan Quayle.[7] [8] Hughes' license was revoked in 1993 after a court found that he had performed architectural work requiring a license while he did not possess one, falsified documents about his qualifications, and used other architects' stamps on his own work.[9]

Early in his career, he worked at Arthur Cotton Moore Associates. In 1995, following a three-year collaboration with Philip Johnson, he began an 18-month design thesis at The Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc) under the direction of the office of Frank Gehry.[10] [11] After completing his thesis, he became a partner at Jones Partners:Architecture, an architecture firm based in California.[12]

In 2004, Hughes became a trustee of Southern California Institute of Architecture. Since 2005 Scott has been appointed to the Local Planning Agency of the Town of Jupiter Island.[13] He founded HughesUmbanhowar Architects (HUUM) with John Umbanhowar in 2010.[14] The firm has studios in Venice California and South Florida. The firm's work has been recognized in a number of exhibitions and publications and has been featured in The Wall Street Journal,[15] The Los Angeles Times, Dwell, Interior Design Magazine, Architectural Record, Architecture, and Progressive Architecture.[16]

The firm's most well known project is called Beach Road 2, a two-story Atlantic beach house built between 2004 and 2005 on the foundation of a previous house in the North Beach Road area of Jupiter Island, Florida. The design was reviewed in multiple magazines and media outlets with The National writing that "...nothing takes fuller advantage of its sweeping Atlantic Ocean views than this Jupiter Island home designed by Scott Hughes and John Umbanhowar..."[17] In 2012, it was recognized as one of the 100 most important Florida Buildings of the last 100 years by the State of Florida.[18]

Awards and honors

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Serious Art Lovers Design Homes Around Their Collections. Candace Jackson. 1 October 2015. WSJ.
  2. Web site: A bespoke beach house in Jupiter Island, Florida - The National. Saxon Henry.
  3. News: Waterfront Home & Design. Summer 2006. Beach Road 2. 13,14,15.
  4. News: Architectural Digest (Germany). July 2006. Die Strandperle.
  5. News: Interior Design Magazine. June 2002. Nod to Neutra. 21,22,23,24.
  6. Web site: Scott Hughes creates a 21st-Century version of the legendary Key Biscayne Mashta House in Miami that seems to ‘float’ on the sea . Global Design News . 18 February 2021.
  7. News: Priest . Dana . 1989-03-18 . ARCHITECT FOR QUAYLES CHARGED WITH USING FALSE CREDENTIALS . en-US . Washington Post . 2023-08-07 . 0190-8286.
  8. News: Priest . Dana . 1989-03-22 . WOULD-BE ARCHITECT INVESTIGATED . en-US . Washington Post . 2023-08-07 . 0190-8286.
  9. Web site: HUGHES v. BOARD OF ARCHITECTURAL EXAMINERS . FindLaw . 22 September 2021.
  10. Web site: Diversify Your Firm's Services. Nate Berg. Architect.
  11. Web site: Modern Composition. Florida Design.
  12. Web site: hughesumbanhowar architects Profile - hughesumbanhowar architects: Architecture, Solutions. huum.com. 6 November 2015. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160122211718/http://huum.com/hughesumbanhowar-architects-Profile. 22 January 2016.
  13. Web site: Boards & Committees | Town of Jupiter Island.
  14. Web site: Jupiter Island home named among best examples of Florida's architecture in past 100 years. tcpalm.com. 6 November 2015.
  15. Web site: Luxury Real Estate: Water Skiing and Minimalism in Hobe Sound, Fla. - WSJ. Candace Jackson. 2 September 2011. WSJ.
  16. Web site: Beach House in Jupiter Island by Scott Hughes Architects.
  17. Web site: In pictures: Florida beach house with a view.
  18. Web site: Reeder, Jim, Jupiter Island House honored for its architecture: Home named one of the best designs in Florida architecture in the past 100 years Scripps Treasure Coast Newspapers.
  19. Web site: The 2009 Florida/Caribbean Honor & Design Award winners.
  20. Web site: AIA Treasure Coast - Awards. aiatreasurecoast.com. 6 November 2015.
  21. Web site: AIArchitect, August 11, 2006 - AIA Treasure Coast Uncovers Nine Architectural Jewels.
  22. News: LA Architect. February 2002 . AIA Design Awards Monique L'huillier Boutique. 26, 27.
  23. Web site: 2002 Design Awards Archive.

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