Combined with floor-to-ceiling windows on facing sides of the central portion of the house, these neutral tones allow the outside to define the airy space within. At the same time, a 4-foot module articulated by vertical protrusions in the windows, doors and exterior wall panels imbues a certain melody to the design. Running counter to the melody, and parallel to the north-south ridge line, is the horizontal grain of the kitchen cabinetry. Further crosscurrents come from an east-west paving of slender, mottled-gray Italian brick extending from a section of the interior out to a patio in the back.