The Galloway’s Furniture Showroom in Sarasota, designed by Victor Lundy and opened in 1959, is a landmark of the Sarasota School of Architecture. It originally featured a bold modernist design tailored to Florida’s Gulf Coast, with expansive glass walls, exposed “morning glory” wood framing, and a floating mezzanine. A renovation in the 1980s significantly altered its character, covering these defining features and obscuring the building’s original openness, materiality, and structural innovation.

The centerpiece of the exhibition was a large-scale physical model that visualizes these relationships and allows for hands-on exploration. It was instrumental in studying how daylight filters through the structure and interacts with its geometry—an important factor in Lundy’s original design. Combined with diagrams and renderings, the model offers a multi-sensory experience that engages visitors in both the history and future restoration of this architectural gem.

The exhibition ultimately serves to celebrate Galloway’s legacy and promote public awareness of its architectural significance, using a blend of technical analysis and visual storytelling to support preservation efforts.