This house is GO'C co-founder and architect Jon Gentry's home, which he shares with his wife Lydia Ramsey, a musician and artist, and their young son. Located in Indianola, Washington, a bedroom community on the Kitsap Peninsula, it’s just a short ferry ride from Seattle.

On a cherished piece of family property on a secluded wooded site, this new structure grounds itself to the earth with its approach to material and form. The project involved a close collaboration with friends and makers in the local community, exploring a level of craft made possible from relationships forged over years of making work together.

Gentry and Ramsey worked on nearly all aspects of the construction, including brickwork, woodwork, and plaster. Much of the wood for the home was harvested on site.

The program for the house was simple; 3-bedroom / 2-bath house with space for playing music and drawing for a musician and an architect. The house at 1,700 square feet is modest in size yet reaches into the landscape with a sheltering roof and screen walls to create usable outdoor spaces on all sides.

The site offers unique access to the sky and light for this heavily wooded part of the Kitsap Peninsula. The roof becomes an additional level for more occupiable outdoor space and areas for an elevated herb garden.

Notably, the house recently received a 2023 National Housing Award from the American Institute of Architects.