The magnificent site is a sloped lot that faces due West with wonderful views of the entire San Francisco Bay Area. Access to the site was at the low end of the site. The slope itself was approximately the same slope of a staircase.

An idea quickly unfolded that the bespoke contempoary house should be terraced into the slope and become part of the hill. Each wing would be under the landscaped terrace for the next uphill wing, thereby integrating the house with the natural landscape and the hill.
In the final design, the modern house is composed of one circulation spine, three wings, and four terraces, all stepping up the slope. The circulation spine shelters the main stair that runs east-to-west; beginning down-slope at the garage and extending up the slope. This spine runs along the northern edge of the property and serves as the connector between the three wings and the four terraces.

The first wing is the main living area which contains the living room, dining room, kitchen and family room and has access to the first terrace and pool. The second wing contains three bedrooms with access to the second landscaped terrace that is also the landscaped roof over the first wing. The third wing is the master-bedroom wing with access to the landscaped terrace which is also the landscape roof over the second wing. The fourth terrace that is an extension of the hillside that extends over the master-bedroom wing and is planted with the indigenous grasses and low shrubbery found on the site.

The merge between this Bay Area house and site is total in this wonderful design.

House appearance described as California modern, or California Contemporary, San Francisco modern, Bay Area or South Bay residential design, with Sustainability and green design.