Too much slope for a single story, not enough for a daylight basement, the road sitting higher than the roof. So we designed to it.

Glulam beams spaced to a four-foot module organize the structure and the plan. The living room cantilevers to the fireplace. The garage sits above the house. The roof, visible from the road, becomes a fifth elevation, all penetrations folded into a single chimney shroud so it reads clean from every angle. Two thousand square feet. Nothing wasted.

Windows create privacy and views simultaneously, with generous daylight on a tight lot. Custom fabrication runs throughout: entry bench, deck railing, fireplace mantle and wood storage, dining fixture, a modular gear wall in the mud room. The pivot door is five feet of thermally modified ash, built by Matthew Sellens, and the home features furniture by Justin Nelson of Fernweh Woodworking.