Perched on an exposed island ridge, this coastal retreat responds to a unique and personal design brief. Paying reverence to a nearby family home designed by the late Lillian Chrystall, the new home is entirely unassuming in its simplicity and self-assured in its ambition. Two mono-pitch building forms – one housing bedrooms and living spaces and the other guest accommodation – are connected by an external room more rectilinear in form. The use of natural-finish timber across the interior and exterior, in combination with exposed concrete block, produces a casual and laid-back atmosphere entirely suited to the coastal location.