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Located in the sw hills of Portland, the owner of this house works and plays from home. The design is accented by four varying two story volumes that either create or define spaces within the house. The owner also talked passionately about the house engaging the landscape. The resulting design renders the volumes in a black stained cedar that abstracts the composition against the native planting and interacts with the atmospheric effects that surround this house as the seasons come and go. The design also places large openings onto the gardens and pool that diminish the boundaries from landscape to architecture.