FLORIDA BUILDINGS I LOVE: No. 78: Venice Beach Pavilion, 1964, Venice
101 The Esplanade. Cyril Tucker, architect; William Lindh, engineer
Harold Bubil
This week, we head south less than two miles to the “island” of Venice.
Its beach may be known for sharks’ teeth, but it has a pretty sharp piece of architecture, too, in its shading pavilion.
The 1964 pavilion was designed by architect Cyril Tucker. Engineer William Lindh rhymes with “wind” gets at least half of the credit, as the pavilion’s roof has stayed in place through a progression of tropical storms over the ensuing 54 years.
The shape of the roof is a hyperbolic paraboloid. It looks like a kite ready to take flight, but Mr. Lindh has taken care of that.