Located on a 300-acre extended family farmstead, the 8000-square foot house serves as a residence for a couple, their visiting children, relatives and business guests. The house, a series of radiating pavilions grouped around a central east-facing courtyard is perched in an Acropolis-like manner on the edge of a treed bluff overlooking a bay towards Mount Rainier. The design solution responds to the rural American farm setting by creating vernacular sheds and outbuildings with hip and vaulted roof shapes, porticos, porches and greenhouses. These varied elements are expressed through the use of rustic materials. The walls of the primarily wood frame structure are clad with dry-packed Alta granite or diagonal cedar boards, which are also used as roof cladding. The entry and dining pavilion roofs and greenhouse portico are copper clad.

Landscaping consists of carefully pruned existing growth augmented with native planting, such as rhododendrons, vine maples, and a variety of ground covers including ferns, wild strawberry, wild flowers and grasses and an impressive collection of species plants.