Contemporary new-build house, stables, and landscaping on a sea-front property on the south coast of England. The sprawling single-level house is designed around a strict three-dimensional grid which provides formality, scale, axes and symmetry. The U-shaped house is built around a rigorously square central courtyard with a lap pool enclosing the fourth side. Although contemporary in design the house is built of traditional materials which will soften in the coastal forest environment (clay brick, cedar shingle, lead, solid oak).