Jesse’s approach to making a home feel natural within its surroundings is a lesson learned through different phases of his career, particularly when he was invited to work within some of the most storied landscapes in North America. His appreciation for natural beauty supports this approach, as the topography and natural features of a site can only serve to enhance the character of a lot. By shaping his design ideals around these elements, each project becomes incredibly difficult to replicate without the presence of those specific natural features.

By working with the topography of the canvas at hand, Jesse is able to create feelings of visual softness that are effortlessly natural— as if the home had existed there long before the surrounding foliage. To achieve this, the proportions of the home were refined to complement the scale of the lot and its surroundings. It was designed to feel low and wide upon first approach, whether arriving by car or on foot.

The overhangs serve another purpose: evoking emotion through proportion. In person, they feel so expansive that you instantly understand the structure as something highly curated architecturally. When creating this feature, Jesse was searching for the same feeling he envisioned when the concept first came to mind.

By nestling the entrance between two mounds of earth, the entry sequence becomes secluded and intimate. The proportions of the home from this angle were also designed to feel expansive, once again making the architecture feel out of the ordinary and highly curated as a result. It serves to set the tone for what visitors should expect upon entry. The natural colour palette of the exterior reinforces this intended effect, blending natural limestone, bleached wood, and patinaed zinc accents.

The rear pool deck was designed to feel like a micro-resort—an approach Jesse often takes, inspired by his love for luxury wellness getaways around the world. He crafted the pool deck to feel completely surrounded by design intention, shaped equally by the gardens and the architectural significance of the main structure. This quality will define the outdoor amenity spaces for decades to come, creating an environment that feels truly unique as a result.

Beyond this pool deck, Jesse chose to leave the natural grade intact rather than creating tiers of additional outdoor space, To blend the architecture into the surrounding character of the landscape, he introduced a collection of plant species that flow visually in a natural, unstructured way—intentionally lacking formal divisions or imposed geometry.