When Covid hit in 2020, Iain and Ronni Watson were planning a cruise in Greece with their friends David and Jackie Weill. So instead of heading to the Mediterranean, the Watsons ended up visiting the Weills at their new home in Alys Beach, a coastal planned community on the Florida Panhandle. Read More >
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Tatler Features Alys Beach Home
When it comes to a holiday home by the beach, function can sometimes take precedence over form. After all, it is essential to ensure the durability of the building in the face of environmental factors such as heat and humidity. But this wasn’t the case with American architect Jeffrey Dungan, who considered both factors equally while building […]
Ocean Home Magazine: Sense of Place
Creating an oceanfront home that is well suited to its environment, is beautiful and functional, and maximizes views is no easy task. An additional challenge is encompassing a sense of place into the design. In this issue, we explore coastal houses that hit all the marks. For a home just steps away from Florida’s Intracoastal […]
Ocean Home Magazine: Finding Flair
Subtle touches of glamour make this dreamy Alys Beach vacation home shine, just enough. As the longtime town architects of Alys Beach, a planed community on Florida’s Gulf Coast, Marieanne Khoury-Vogt and Erik Vogt have helped shape the overall vision of this exclusive vacation enclave. They have also designed many of its individual homes, including […]
California Home + Design Features Alys Beach
A Utopia Of Design Alys Beach is one of those special seaside destinations that must be experienced in person. Set along the shoreline of the Northwest Florida Gulf Coast, the integrally colored white stucco structures draw upon inspiration from the masonry walls and white-tiled roofs of Bermuda, the courtyard designs of homes in Antigua, Guatemala and […]
Ocean Home Magazine Features Alys Beach Residence
Florida had long been a vacation destination for Kelly Crockett and daughters Sloane and Sophia, so when they decided to build a second home, that’s where they longed to be. Although they had spent most of their time in Naples, they fell in love with the pristine white sands and sparkling blue water of the […]
Alys Beach was named #3 in Architectural Digest “The 55 Most Beautiful Small Towns in America”.
The United States is full of beautiful small towns. Though large metropolises like New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles, or Washington, DC, are often thought of as culture and beauty capitals, this doesn’t mean other locales can’t be beacons of these qualities too. All across the county, locals and tourists alike are drawn to these […]
StyleBlueprint Showcases Turtle Bale Spring
A tiny town in Florida’s panhandle region, which made its first appearance as a destination known for fresh design approached with an unmatched level of deliberateness and care in 2003, Alys Beach is home to arresting architecture that is rivaled only by its natural surroundings. At the core of the town is an appreciation and […]
Veranda Magazine features Alys Beach Residence
A modern Alys Beach home designed by Khoury & Vogt borrows lessons from ancient Romans, creating an artful, elemental playground for a young family of six. “You can’t build a house in the middle of the ocean,” admits Alys Beach, Florida, homeowner Dan Castro. “We knew this. But when our architects asked us what we […]
The Camden & Whitby Release
The Camden & Whitby condominium residences, located within luxury property Alys Beach, are now available for purchase. Designed by Hart Howerton of San Francisco and New York City, The Camden & Whitby residential spaces overlook Alys Beach’s growing Town Center and are within walking distance to ZUMA, Alys Beach’s brand-new state-of-the-art wellness center, as well […]