Set on a heavily treed, side-sloping site that runs parallel to the street, the home terraces upward with the natural topography, transforming grade change into a sequence of inhabitable platforms and culminating in a level, elevated rear yard. Raised decks wrap the primary living spaces, creating a tree-house-like condition where daily life unfolds within the canopy, immersed in foliage and filtered light.

Warm cedar cladding extends the surrounding landscape into the architecture, reinforcing a tactile connection to the forest. Salvaged 100-year-old post-and-beam timbers, reclaimed from a historic barn, were carefully refurbished and selectively reintroduced within the vaulted primary living spaces. Their expressive presence adds depth and character, grounding the home in craft and material memory. Together, these elements establish a dialogue between Japanese restraint and West Coast modernism, grounded in materiality and place.