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I think the artist in question (the one whom the house was designed for) is either a photographer or a painter or something. So what you see are probably spot on. He (or she) wanted a house which had no direct light (the only facade windows are facing north - at the back - and the front, the patio, has so much overhang that the sun has to be very low to enter the "cave" itself. He wanted the view (and the on the pictures unfinished garden) to be "framed". I think they succeeded.
Another interesting note is that the house, because of the cedar being burned are built to last 100 years. Not 50, not 30, not 20, as many wooden houses these days. But one hundred years. Like the "good old days" where a house were built to last without much "renovation" constantly.
I also like concrete as a building material. It's natural and it has some great properties. This house, though, is different, so if I ever build something like it, I'll probably the load carrying parts out of concrete and "dress" it in this sort of facade (if the local bylaws would allow me something like that).
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