This new, single-story house is an overgrown piece of timber furniture overlooking the Irish Sea and the Cooley Mountains. The frame structure perches on a block plinth to allow every eastern room to take in every angle of this beautiful view. Three timber trusses interlock to create a cranked plan that comprises an introverted bedroom/study wing and an extroverted living/guest wing, meeting at a central kitchen. Its slate roof is a craggy range of pitches that crack open to the sky and that extend to hang over verandas.

The project has been developed in collaboration with Jack Hogan, an artist and former SANAA employee whose work focuses on the rich sociality of everyday life, foregrounding friendship and what constitutes good shared lives.