Rosenthal Residence
Portland, Oregon
Designed: 1982
Completed: 1984

The plan of this house is based on a cross axial plan with the major axis centering on a mountain view and the minor axis being the source of natural lighting to the interior of the structure. One enters by a bridge springing from the hillside to the house proper, which hovers in counterpoint to the vertical shaft of fir trees, which abound on the site. The vertical and horizontal elements of the design each capture the other in an interlocking of forces at the main living areas contained in four levels. The large flow of the main design components is modulated into ever-finer texture and detail from the massive forms to the detail of wrought iron screens at the windows.