Drawing inspiration from the rich landscape of coastal Florida, the Vero Beach Museum of Art’s new building is conceived as a series of earthen terraces and walled gardens, lifted above the Indian River Lagoon. From the start, Allied Works Founding Principal Architect Brad Cloepfil, AIA, described the building as “deeply rooted in its setting,” and envisioned “walls embedded with local sand and shells, warm colors, and light-filtering layers that define a space that could only belong on Florida’s Treasure Coast.”