After sailing around the world with their two sons for nearly six years, an adventurous couple returned from their sojourn intent on building a 10,000-square-foot residence overlooking the Intracoastal Waterway in their exclusive North Palm Beach community of Lost Tree Village.

The couple commissioned architect Mitchell O’Neil to design their home and collaborate with interior designer H. Allen Holmes on the internal scheme. “We were comfortable with the fact that Mitch and Allen had worked together on several projects and that they were familiar with the design guidelines,” the wife says.

Other than a request for a contemporary design, both O’Neil and Holmes credit their clients with being open-minded and receptive to new ideas. “They had no preconceived notions about the exterior design but were fairly specific about the number and type of rooms, and their desired locations,” O’Neil says.

The result: an industrial-style home that juxtaposes curved lines with geometric forms both inside and out. Stone-like panels accent the exterior facade, while two curved rooftops sheathed in copper soften the otherwise angular format of the entry. The waterfront location and the owners’ recent sailing adventures conjured the muse for a water-based theme that incorporates three reflecting pools and an infinity-edge lap pool that spills into Lake Worth