The house is as stunning and unforgiving as the site itself. The entire site has been stripped back to bare rock, revealing a backdrop akin to Palm Springs and its modernist architecture, yet this is contemporary Alexandra. Steel frames rise out of the rock, encasing precast concrete slab floors and a glass floor that reveals the rock beneath. Upstairs, the exterior includes gold-hued aluminium panel cladding, ultra-high-performance glazing and a beautiful interplay of levels suspended above the rock.