07/18/2026
Wind-Breaker / Walla Walla, WA
With the walls now framed and the roof trusses being set into place, the form of the house is beginning to emerge. These large wood trusses establish the primary gesture of the project, a single sheltering hip roof that gathers the living spaces, guest wing, and support spaces beneath one unifying structure.
At its center, a large courtyard is carved from the roof form, creating a protected outdoor room open to the sky while remaining sheltered from the prevailing western winds.
Always exciting to reach this stage of construction, when ideas that have existed for years in drawings and models suddenly become tangible. The scale of the rooms, the proportions of the courtyard, and the relationship between roof, wall, and landscape can finally be experienced as this new structure emerges.
GO'C