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The box-shaped extension plays off the familiar farmhouse typology, creating a series of intriguing contrasts.

The brickwork of the original gabled farmhouse was painted white, referencing the local vernacular, and a new corrugated metal roof was added.

Building the addition upward instead of outward allowed for more space and better views without excavating across the hilltop.

The solution to the problem of the telephone pole was to place the entry at the side. “Putting the home entry on the side allows one to create full rooms at each end of the house without running a hallway through them,” says Wu.

The rear view of the home.