The project sits in a deep narrow valley in the foothills of the Cascade Mountains. The site has been ranched and mined since the early pioneer days. The house is a 3,000 square foot second home for a couple that desired a small cabin yet needed room for their large extended family as well.

In order to reduce the scale of the house, it was divided in three separate buildings - the main cabin, a garage and a bunkhouse. A large shed roof connects all the forms together into one building. The connection between the cabin and the house is enclosed providing a mud room hallway adjacent to the utility room. The connection between the cabin and the bunk house is left open as a covered breezeway to provide more privacy for the master suite which is located adjacent to the bunkhouse. The building form is arranged in a U shape creating a southern facing central courtyard with a small water feature.