Brought in to design a new home on a dramatic steep site for an architect couple, PLACE understood its mission to facilitate collaboration and good communication immediately. Working with the clients and collaborating architect Kevin Spence, we undertook an extensive analysis of the site and the owners’ dreams for the house.

The result: a spacious, daylit house that tumbles down the hillside, encompassing generous space for indoor and outdoor cooking, entertaining, retreat, rest, and work. The patio serves as entry and central outdoor space, linking garage/ guest house with the main house and the landscape. Rainwater from the roof feeds a pond which provides counterpoint to the outdoor fireplace, enhancing the cool Northwest woodland experience of the site.