We hope this drawing reads as what a Victorian era designer might do in the 21st century.  The sketches are complete.  We're looking for a family who'd like to live here and who will provide the finishing touches.  We can assist with a land search. We can send you some larger format images to study. . .

OR perhaps this is close to where you'd like to start your design discussions. . .

This residence was designed for a Japanese-American Family.  In Japan there is a tradition of using bamboo for part of the roof structure in an entry way.  Instead of bamboo, we proposed steel pipe.

The heart of the design are the spaces pinwheeling around a glass tower.

One of our favorite aspects to this design is the on-site runoff management.  Runoff from the roof is conveyed by conductors to a shallow concrete swale flowing to a pond.  The overflows on the pond lead to a drywell.  Another Japanese design tradition is not to have a direct access to the house. 

This is the second floor plan.  Note the way the larger refuge spirals to a sitzbath.  Note the skylight that reaches deep into the middle space. 

This is an east-west section.  The ceiling takes advantage of computer aided manufacture to create the trusses with curving lower chords to be an armature for the curves. . .

This is a view of the interior looking toward the glass tower. 

This the west elevation, the main entry.