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The Story of Wacca Pilatka, Robert Broward’s Own Residence

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It was here the architect broke his neck while sunbathing nude on top of his house. It was here the manatee came to feed on sea grasses. Despite a 60 year career, designing more than 500 buildings, Bob Broward didn’t build his own residence, Wacca Pilatka, until he was almost 70.

The Evolution of Broward’s Butterfly House

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When Robert Broward designed his famous Mid-Century Modern “Butterfly House” in 1957, he used rainwater and sunlight as materials. In the early ’60s, Fred Nachman added pecky cypress and clad the house in Gothic iron. When Kathryn Stater purchased it in 2016, it was on the verge of demolition. Now it’s more itself than it’s ever been.