The prudent use of coastal development setbacks or establishing a safe distance between buildings and the active beach zone can ensure that space is provided for a beach to move naturally, both during normal events and infrequent hurricanes, thereby ensuring the beach is conserved for all to enjoy and that coastal infrastructure remains intact.
While garages often are disguised by, say, an outer layer of office space, the new Miami Beach garages announce their presence unapologetically and aim to entice the eye.
Along Lantau's south shore is on Pui O beach, where events space Ooh-La La (852-2984-8710) has more than 200 tents for rent and a private campsite behind their restaurant.
Aside from the main home, there is also a two-story guesthouse for a total of nine bedrooms, 13 bathrooms and 10, 317 square feet of living space that stretches along 151 feet of beach frontage.
One man offered what he said was a piece of a space shuttle that he found on a Florida beach.
Its space and communications division, based in Seal Beach, California, is the lead contractor working on America's national missile-defence system, as well as the provider of the future combat system that is part of the integrated battlespace system for the army.
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Retractable screen systems and evolving heating techniques have also helped make courtyards more than a seasonal space, says Clem Schaub, an architect in Vero Beach, Fla.
The resulting remodel of the shipping magnate's 37th-floor Miami Beach condo turned a three-bedroom, closed-in space into a two-bedroom open loft.
Lauderdale means it can offer more space and a closer proximity to the ocean than the Deco hotels of Miami Beach.
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The 11, 962-square-foot space originally existed as four separate units on the 16th floor of the Michael Graves building on South Beach.
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"They were on the beach in the vicinity of Complex 40, just south of the shuttle launch pads, " said Kennedy Space Center spokeswoman Lisa Malone.
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