The Atwater house has evolved organically along with the family that inhabits it. Originally a 500 sq.ft. cottage on an empty lot, it has grown to include an office and several outdoor rooms, incorporating a green roof and rainwater collection system over the addition.

The house and landscape are connected through the use of ‘hard’ materials such as board-formed concrete walls/benches and a polished black slab floor, as well as ‘soft’ materials including old fence boards and plywood on both interior floors and exterior walls.