This is a holiday house in Biarritz, not far from the sea, designed for Mr. Williams, a Londoner of Nordic background who loves the quietness and elegant beauty of southern France. The piece of land is irregular (conforming a weird poligon) and has a strong slope of nearly 45 degrees; this, and the strict French building regulations made the design process quite difficult: nine different versions were produced. Thanks to many meetings in remarkable Pubs in Belgravia and Primrose Hill, Mr. Williams and Pouchulu managed to survive a long journey of nearly two years. The house is organised in two levels, with a double entrance (top and bottom), living areas, kitchen and master bedroom at the top, two bedrooms at the bottom and the parking underneath the house. A series of decks placed in both levels act as an interface, leaving the big pine trees around the house intact. Thou the main views appear at the north and the scarpment, the light comes from the south, so most of the big windows and soft wooden materials face the south-west. A combination of traditional and industrialised building systems co-ordinated with passion by a German builder from Frankfurt is leading to a promising result. The completion is expected by the end of 2012.