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Taste Acquired
108 TAMPA BAY MAGAZINE | MAY/JUNE 2017
By Marc Mencher
Photography by Modern Tampa Bay Homes
This residence is an
example of Modern
Tampa Bay Homes’
unique approach
to building modern
custom homes.
Richard McGinniss gained his reputation by designing and
building large-scale condominiums, luxury residential
homes and working on residential land development
projects over the years before establishing his firm,
Modern Tampa Bay Homes in St. Petersburg. During his earlier
career, he designed offices for corporate giants such as IBM and
Bristol-Myers and hotels for Ritz-Carlton, Hyatt and Marriott.
However, Richard’s current goal is to design and build modern
residences for people who wish to express their own personal
styles and sophisticated tastes within their homes. He has made
an art of creating interesting and sustainable homes while
maximizing value for his clients. “We create exterior designs
that stand out, yet still fit in,” he says. “There is a constant
visual interaction between any structure and its environment,
regardless of whether that environment is an urban landscape
or a more natural setting. Our homes are not separate from their
environment––they are part of it, and their designs reflect that.”
While Richard’s homes are designed to fit in with particular