Counterpoint, as an idea, involves an interesting tug-of-war relationship. In the writing of music, for instance, counterpoint involves musical lines that sound very different, that move independently of one another. But when those independent lines of music are played simultaneously, the result is harmonious. Counterpoint is a relationship between two or more entities, independent in contour and rhythm and yet harmonically interdependent. This building is the result of a studio endeavor, which called for the creation of a building for a hypothetical architecture firm, to be built on the South quarter of a large parcel along 48th and Madison streets. A ninety-three by thirty-six foot area, it would be integrated among trendy commercial structures, long established within the University Place neighborhood of Lincoln, Nebraska. The key to the outcome of the design would be born out of the philosophy of the invented architects, and so my initial approach to the building explored my own design value system: a fusion of new urbanist ideals and modern aesthetics. The most prominent part of the design is found within the colliding planes, where users engage a space that allows for both interior and exterior exposure.