Concrete
A highly resolved contemporary residence defined by off-form concrete structure, curved black cladding, monolithic marble interiors, and integrated landscape architecture delivered through a construction process where precision across structure, glazing, stone, and landscape was critical to the clarity of the architectural outcome.
The residence is organised as a series of intersecting horizontal concrete planes: deep cantilevered roof forms, recessed glazing lines, and controlled openings producing a building that reads with weight, shadow, and restraint.
Curved black cladding softens the harder concrete geometry at key upper-level volumes, while extensive glazing establishes continuous visual connections between interior spaces, water, landscape, and sky. The architecture relies on proportion and material precision rather than ornament. Every junction, alignment, and transition remains exposed: the architecture does not permit inconsistency.
The primary construction challenge was the execution of the off-form concrete structure and its relationship to every surrounding element.
Concrete pours, formwork set-out, penetration coordination, and edge detailing were each resolved to maintain consistency across exposed surfaces. Structural tolerances between concrete, glazing systems, stone, cladding, and landscape interfaces were held tightly throughout: the sharpness and continuity of the architectural lines depending entirely on their accuracy. Close coordination across structure, interiors, and landscape was established from the earliest stages of the build and maintained without interruption. The precision of the finished outcome is a direct product of that discipline.
Internally, the material palette is restrained and highly tactile.
Large-format marble anchors the kitchen and principal living spaces: its monolithic scale held against warm timber joinery, recessed detailing, and the softness of filtered natural light. The relationship between interior and exterior holds constant throughout: water, landscape, and reflected light drawn deep into the plan through carefully positioned glazing and courtyard openings. The long linear pool reinforces the horizontal composition of the architecture, and mediates the transition between internal space and surrounding landscape with a simplicity that the rest of the building shares.
Light and shadow do much of the spatial work
Deep concrete soffits temper the intensity of the coastal light while producing shifting shadow lines across stone, timber, and rendered surfaces through the day. The residence feels simultaneously monumental and calm: construction precision, material discipline, and spatial restraint combining without announcing themselves.
“Building a home like this is an exercise in trust. The architecture leaves nowhere to hide, every surface, junction and finish is visible, and the consistency of the execution has to be there from the first pour to the last coat. What I found with Jacob and the team was that they understood what was at stake. They were methodical, they communicated well, and the house we ended up with is the house we set out to build.”
— Cathryne Massie, Homeowner