This residence unites house and garden in the elegant, simplistic manner of architect and landscape designer Charles A. Platt, a quality mirrored in the nearby historical house and collection of Bayou Bend. Materials for house and garden structures were chosen for their ageless quality and un-insistent authority– neutral color aggregate stucco, salvaged clay tile roof, and reclaimed cypress. Material selection and limited ornamentation make for a landscape and building that together emphasize materiality and permanence over formality. The project received a John Staub Award for Architecture and Landscape in 2011.