Based on a plan from ancient Rome, this is a sophisticated version of the courtyard house, albeit without a peristyle colonnade around a central atrium. Two forms face off across a grassy courtyard, one 10 years older than the other. The established half of the house is finished in black-stained timber, and the newer half is completed in crisp-blonde heat-treated timber. A long time coming to fruition, the result is sophisticated, elegant and well worth the wait. Delectable.