This home for an architect and his family is a collection of simple, low-profile pavilions that recede gently into a hillside location. The various living and bedroom zones extend diagonally across the site to capture the extraordinary views and are linked by a secondary layer of halls and passageways that also provide privacy and seclusion. The design approach pursues simplicity over complexity, and this extends to the reduced material and colour palette that provides a backdrop for artwork internally while blending seamlessly with the landscape externally. Significant in many ways, this project is also measured and sensitive, it talks to the architect’s deep appreciation of landscape, identity and a sensibility that effortlessly responds to context.