The site for this second family home is several hundred acres of fields, which are farmed by the owner. A man-made pond provides the foreground to the south-facing house with heavy woods surrounding the fields. The overall design concept is a modern Midwest prairie home that is intricate in composition but relaxed in attitude. The building complex includes the two-story, three-bedroom main house, a guesthouse with sleeping loft connected with a screen porch, and the garage and farm office connected with a porte-cochère. The L-shaped house is protected by sunscreens to the side view with decks and roof terraces that extend the space outdoors. Diagonal views through the first floor expand the visual space. The stone kitchen fire stove and wooden stair anchor the composition.