Composed of a main house, pool area, and pool house/office, the project was a study in manipulating the compositional massing of the buildings and landscape elements within the constrained building envelope to define a sense of place.

Clad in stained black cedar vertical siding, the solitary materiality of the project transitions from two-dimensional siding to a three-dimensional detail, giving depth and scale to the lower-level elevation of the structures.

The central staircase space highlights the visual break of the main gable extrusion. The glass separation and cantilevered roof extension visually define the main entry to the home. The soft glow of light at night creates a “lantern effect,” adding to the warmth of the entry experience.

The first-floor plan is anchored by a central, two-sided fireplace, dividing the living room and the dining room. The flat-roof, single-story structure abutting the gable captures the pantry, kitchen, living, and exterior porch spaces, which share a two-sided fireplace. The secondary structure, separated by the pool and terrace, houses the pool lounge and office above. Exterior spaces include an eastern-facing stone patio, a hillside-embedded fire pit terrace, built-in spa, and dining area.

The interior spaces reflect a warmth achieved through the combination of clear oak floors and walls coupled with exposed beam and column wraps of select knotty oak. Flush baseboards with reveals align with flush doorjamb reveals, accentuating the craft of the interior trim details.