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Scholz is the founder and president of Clifford M. Scholz Architects, founded in 1992 is known for designing luxury homes in Southwest Florida. Widely recognized throughout many of Southwest Florida’s most affluent neighborhoods, Cliff and his team have greatly influenced the design and architecture that graces our coastline. The CMSA team of design professionals specializes in the areas of luxury homes, private golf and country clubs, corporate properties, and challenging renovations. Cliff has been in the field of architecture for 51 years and a registered architect for 41 years. Perrone Construction and Cliff have a remarkable history dating back to the early 1980s building some of Sarasota’s most notable landmark homes ranging between 1,100 to over 20,000 square feet. Often, clients who have worked with the Perrone Construction and CMSA team are repeat clients, several of which we have built as many as four homes for together. At Perrone Construction, we have the privilege of working with CMSA on several of our current projects, located on Bird Key, a prestigious barrier island community off the coast of Sarasota, Florida. Talented and well versed in a wide range of architectural styles, Cliff has an impeccable eye for true-tostyle design. His award-winning work has been featured throughout his career on HGTV and on the covers of national, statewide and local design publications.
What inspires you most – do you have any particular elements that inspire your style? Proportions and scale. Can you see an evolution in your work from when you started to today? It gets to be more fun as time goes on. If anything, I would say my design work gets more and more accomplished. We currently have two projects underway on Bird Key with you. What were your inspirations when designing these homes? We pride ourselves as being our client’s architect. The first client wanted a French country style but cleaner lines and a more contemporary interior feel. The second client wanted an Italian transitional style which has steeper pitched roofs but with an Italian basis in detailing. Each of these homes are custom and transcend style lines to achieve and exceed the clients goals.
