Longboat Key Bayfront

LONGBOAT KEY BAYFRONT

Fall 2026 | Longboat Key, FL

SIZE: 4,393 sq ft
ARCHITECT: Michael Murphey
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT: Michael A. Gilkey, Inc.
SCOPE: New Construction
STYLE: primary
INTERIOR DESIGNER: Studio DH

Hand-drawn perspective of the living room by Deneece Harrell, Studio DH: a beamed tongue-and-groove ceiling, built-in shelves beside the fireplace, and sliding doors opening to the water

Longboat Key Bayfront is a two-story bayfront home on Longboat Key, designed by architect Michael Murphey, with interiors by Studio DH and landscape architecture by Michael A. Gilkey, Inc. Construction is wrapping up this fall.

The living level sits above ground-floor garages and storage and looks across the mangroves to the bay. Details include a standing seam metal roof, exposed rafter tails, coral stone, an infinity-edge pool, an elevator, a rod and reel room and a dock.

The gallery follows construction from the first day of demolition to the roof drying in. Photography of the finished home is planned once it is complete.

Hand-drawn front elevation of the Longboat Key Bayfront home by interior designer Studio DH, early in design

Aerial view of the existing house coming down at the start of the project

Aerial view of the cleared lot after demolition

Overhead view of the drill rig installing foundation piles

Aerial view of the foundation piles going in, with the bay and mangroves beyond

Overhead view of the concrete pump placing the foundation

Aerial view of the foundation pour, with the Gulf in the distance

Overhead view of the elevated first floor slab formed and reinforced

Overhead view of the roof dried in with underlayment

Thinking about building on Longboat Key?

We’ve built on the island’s canals, on its bay side and on a private island just offshore. Tell us about your lot and we’ll tell you what it takes.

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