Taking centre stage in the kitchen and dining space of this home are two principal actors: a generous bench that merges gracefully into a dining table, and a larger-than-life sinewy duct. Clustering around them is a secluded, intimate sitting room and a light-filled study, beyond which bedrooms and a courtyard nestle into the levels of the site, producing an overall form at one with its topography. A restrained palette of unembellished materials (Corten, concrete and timber) is employed confidently, creating delightful and varied surroundings to support a range of activities.