In 1956 architect Ken Kendalf designed a split level house with a stunning terraced garden. Plans provided

This sloped lot of terrain from Des Moines, Iowa, surrounded by trees and with a deep ravine on one of the edges, was quite a challenge to build on. But talented architect Ken Kendalf came up with a great design, a split level wood and stone house with a stunning terraced garden.

Big windows go where they're appreciated most - at the rear where scenery and view are private. Clerestory under cave opens house to even greater flood of light. Gridwork that extends from the roof, shades the itnerior from direct rays of sun.

Carport, screened on three sides by stone walls, is outdoor reception room. Massive stone pillar anchors uper level to base of slope. Exterior siding is tongue-and-groove redwood at random widths.

Living-dining room with its green rear-facing wall of glass ios first area you come upon off stairs from lower level. Pattern and texture here, as elsewhere, come from stone fireplace and the deep. V-jointed redwood boards of the walls and ceiling.