Exterior

The house sits on a narrow lot that opens only to the north. Everything about the plan answers that.

From the road it reads low and horizontal, three roof planes stepping back rather than one mass. The entry is marked by a post-and-beam frame and a lattice screen, which is the first appearance of a grid that returns at three scales through the house.

The references are Asian, but the house is not a reproduction of anything. It is a reinterpretation: an older tradition given a new feeling rather than copied.

• HardiePanel, Mounded Sand · Siding · stucco-look texture, main body
• Vertical wood slat siding · Siding · walnut brown, upper floor
• Timber-framed Douglas fir posts · Structure · Timber Pro “Natural Fir” stain
• 1 × 6 cedar tongue-and-groove soffit · Exterior · Natural Fir stain
• Creative Mines Novaro Brick · Masonry · sandbluff
• Metallion MI-150 standing seam · Roofing · matte black, back roof
• Malarkey Legacy shingles · Roofing · midnight black, pitched roofs
• Elegant Doors garage doors · Exterior · black frame, frosted glass

Entry

A podium runs along the wall and does two jobs at once — a step and a bench. A cushion sits on it, so the move from outside to inside has somewhere to pause.

The entry is a simplified post-and-beam frame. Asian entry structures all begin with posts and beams and grow more elaborate as the culture around them develops. This one runs that history backward, to the plain version, and lets the structure carry the ornament.

• Heated concrete · Flooring · continuous with the main floor
• Microcement Plaster · Plaster · stair landing
• Riftsawn oak interior doors · Millwork · throughout the house
• Timber Pro UV Coatings · Exterior · “Natural Fir” on posts and soffits
• Strand Closed Pendant Light · Lighting · 23.6″ and 31.5″
• Reclaimed Oak Waterfall Console · Furnishings · cafe brown

Kitchen

The island pairs Taj Mahal quartzite with a wood surface where people actually sit. The stone takes the work, the wood takes the elbows.

A kitchen is a working room before it is anything else: a 48-inch dual fuel range, a 1,200 CFM hood, built-in refrigeration, and a pantry with its own door to the outside so deliveries never cross the room.

• Heated concrete · Flooring · continuous with the main floor
• Taj Mahal Quartzite · Slabs · island, pantry, dining waterfall shelf
• Monogram 48″ dual fuel range · Appliances · with built-in refrigeration
• Trade-Wind 48″ hood · Appliances · 1,200 CFM
• ET2 Manta LED Linear Pendant · Lighting · 70¾″ · black
• Alabaster Wall Sconce · Lighting
• Anton Counter Stools · Furnishings · stone bouclé, burnt wax · ×6

Primary Bedroom

The bed is not a stand-alone product. It is built into the room as a single composition, closer to cabinetry than to furniture.

The room faces its own planted courtyard, so the first thing you see in the morning is green, not glass.

• Heated concrete · Flooring · continuous with the main floor
• SimpliFire Triton · Fireplace · 50″
• Microcement Travertine Plaster · Plaster · fireplace upper and bench
• Microcement Thousand Lines Plaster · Plaster · accent
• Seagrass Teardrop Pendant Light · Lighting · rattan
• Handwoven Jute Rug with Wool Accents · Furnishings

Primary Walk-In Closet

The windows could not be removed, so the plan works with them. Open shoe shelving runs along the left wall where the light falls. The right facade is decorative and does not open.

The peninsula island reclaims dead floor area as drawers.

Most closets are entered and immediately felt: dark, cabinets to the ceiling, everything tight. This one is entered and read as open.

• Heated concrete · Flooring · continuous with the main floor
• Custom cabinetry · Millwork · Dream Cabinets
• Japanese Silk Wabi Sabi Hanging Lamp · Lighting · white
• Dressing Mirror · Furnishings · staging only
• Custom Black Iron Clothing Rod · Fittings

Gym

The gym sits inside the wellness zone, beside the sauna and the inner garden. The adjacency gives a short transition between exercise, recovery, and the rest of the house.

Taj Mahal Quartzite on the surfaces, and a window into the green zone rather than a mirror wall.

• Heated concrete · Flooring · continuous with the main floor
• Taj Mahal Quartzite · Slabs · countertop
• Napoli Sand Matte Porcelain · Tile · 24 × 48 · bathroom shower

Guest Suite

The guest bedroom and its bathroom sit on the main floor rather than upstairs, at the far end of the private band.

The position gives a guest the whole depth of the house between them and the primary suite, and its own access to the deck.

• Heated concrete · Flooring · continuous with the main floor
• Capri Oat Matte Porcelain · Tile · 24 × 48 · shower wall and floor
• Solene 36″ Single Vanity · Furnishings · lime delight
• Maxim Prime LED Wall Sconce · Lighting · oatmeal fabric
• Jonathan Y Lacey Globe Pendant · Lighting · ×2
• Malta Chair Piermont · Furnishings · oyster