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Mature oak trees provide welcome shade in the warmer months.

The stair tower is 10 feet wide by 30 feet tall.

The stair treads are structural steel clad in stone over a steel plate stringer created by West Edge Metals.

The handmade bricks found throughout the house are by Danish company Petersen Tegl.

A view of the kitchen with the chain curtain closed (above) and open (below).

Hermès Sellier chairs in Jaune and Etaine surround the custom dining table.

The kitchen countertop is Silestone White Zeus; the bar countertop (foreground) is Opal White marble.

Downstairs, a Knoll Barcelona chair joins a Piuma coffee table by Antonio Citterio for Flexform.

The roof deck is outfitted with Janus et Cie Amari Low Back lounge chairs.

The rear structure contains a gym with sliders on both sides, a guestroom, and a kitchenette.

The staircase leads to the lower level, where there's a wine tasting room that doubles as a guest room.

The Statuarieto–walled master bathroom features a Comfort Mood tub by Boffi with taps by Vola; the shower fixtures are by Dornbracht.

Oak floors, neutral furnishings, and an area rug by Han Feng for Tai Ping warm the office, as does the view of surrounding treetops. “You really feel as if you’re in the canopy,” says architect Takashi Yanai. A vintage Louis Vuitton trunk serves as a coffee table.

“Middle Aged Charlie Brown” by David Buckingham hangs at the top of the staircase.

The second floor, which houses Mark’s office, has aluminum-framed windows on three sides and opens to a roof deck.

The staircase, which runs from the lower level to the third floor, is lined by a single 32-foot-tall pane of glass.

A chain curtain from Cascade Coil separates the kitchen without interrupting sightlines or sunlight. “When you light the outside brighter than the inside at night, it becomes more opaque,” says Mark. Bulthaup cabinetry joins appliances by Gaggenau and Miele.

Working with a sumptuous material palette, Ehrlich Yanai Rhee Chaney Architects designed a sprawling new residence in Palo Alto for Mark and Laura Pine. The teak wood and handmade Danish bricks that define the exterior are used inside as well; distressed stainless steel panels by Chris French Metal sheathe one side of the upper volume. Blasen Landscape Architecture chose Peruvian feather grass to flank the entrance walkway.