The Little house is located in a forested mountainside suburb of Vancouver. The site looks south over the Burrard Inlet harbour, downtown Vancouver, Stanly Park, English Bay and the University of British Columbia campus beyond.

A concrete retaining wall carves a volume out of the slope of the site to describe the boundaries of the house Within this perimeter, the house is organized on three levels, each with a different spatial condition. The lowest level has modest openings in walls; light is filtered through a pool and glass floor above. This watery, subterranean light marks the entrance spaces of the house.
A concrete stair rises along the retaining wall at the back of the entry to family spaces on the main level of the house. Space flows horizontally, bounded but barely held by the retaining wall; on this level, the living room, dining room, kitchen and fitness area are continuous with an exterior court and expanded to the south to include panoramic views of the city and ocean below.
The stair continues along the retaining wall, rising above the sloping ground to the upper level of the house. this volume, which contains family bedrooms and a study, floats above the site but is strictly bounded by aluminum grilles that screen extensive glazing to provide privacy and mediate the relationship between interior and exterior.

Pale luminous materials maximize the soft natural light of the region. Within the boundary of the light grey concrete retaining wall, water and glass, white-painted interior partitions, bleached-wood cabinetry and floors, and aluminum ceilings, soffits, and grilles form a diffuse moth-toned palette.