This house registers a delicate balance between modesty and majesty within the surrounding landscape. The original house, a low-slung 1970s ranch with added 1980s master suite by Andrew Geller, has been resurrected with two simple and precise design solutions - a fold and a stitch. By slicing two diagonals along the original pitched roof, two wings appear to be folded up from the previous roof line of the house. The soaring new public wing created by this gesture pulls light into the double-high space, providing views up and out to the trees and landscape beyond. A new four-car garage completes the composition, displaying cars as much as storing them, in much the same way the house shelters and displays the owners’ rich daily life, filled with friends, dogs, objects, and contemporary art.