Bend is both the name of the town in Oregon where the project is located and the formal strategy used to shape the design of the home to responds to site conditions. Overall massing of the home acknowledges the importance of a small grove of trees on the site that survived a devastating fire that swept through the area in 1990. The footprint of the house bends around the small grove of trees at the top of the site while the back half bends to create privacy and to accommodate views. The resulting modified X/H shaped configuration creates two equal courtyards one which faces the street and the other a land reserve at the rear. While the front of the home is more private and protected, the back by contrast is more inviting and open to the view of distant hills and mountains. The bent and undulating roof line gives the home a unique character creating a dialog with the slope of the site and a profile of alternating peaks and valleys reminiscent of the surrounding landscape. The house combines three different roof typologies (gable, shed, and butterfly) which transition continuously from one to other yielding an interior of rooms enfilade separated only by gable topped wood screens.