Eminent Pine

Rather than working against the steeply sloping site, the landscape embraces its natural descent, shaping the grade into a series of terraces that unfold from the home and extend the experience of living outdoors.

A broad stone stairway traces the hillside from the upper terraces, moving through drifts of native perennials and ornamental grasses that soften the architecture into the land. Board-formed concrete walls emerge from the terrain, providing structure while integrating subtle details that allow the landscape to take on a different character as the sun moves across the sky.

At the center, a protected Austrian Pine stands watch over the site that is shaped by its natural features and designed to continue to evolve with the life of the family around it.