A worker spackles the ceiling of a flood proof room during construction of the 121 Marina residential condominium complex designed to withstand extreme weather at Ocean Reef Club in Key Largo, Florida, U.S., on Wednesday, April 18, 2018. (Photo: Alicia Vera/Bloomberg)
(Bloomberg) — Breezy Point is beautiful in the summertime, a quaint neighborhood sitting on a slim peninsula that juts out into the Atlantic just south of New York City. In a storm, though, that dreamy setting can become a nightmare.
Breezy Point was devastated by Hurricane Sandy in 2012. Flooding, high winds and fires destroyed more than 300 homes, with many more left damaged and unlivable. Now, seven years later, architect Illya Azaroff has designed and built a home there he says can withstand a storm even more powerful than Sandy, "maintaining operation, even if all else fails.''
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