Modernist elegance underscored with honed architectural detail. A house by Blaze Makoid Architecture called for interwoven indoor and outdoor views and spaces. The challenge was to respond to the scale, materials, and rhythms of the architecture in the sparest, leanest ways. The site is bound by existing trees and the addition of a groove of London Plane trees. Within it, a gentle staircase of earth and stone leads down from the main house to pool. Meanwhile, the main building’s covered terrace, at grade, is linked to the pool’s edge by the simplest stone walkways. Michael Derrig of Landscape Details created the property’s design and Summer Hill Landscape did a lovely job of implementing it.