Foreword / by Sarah Susanka -- Introduction -- Discovering the essence of home -- Pattern One: Inhabiting the site -- Pattern Two: Creating rooms, inside and out -- Pattern Three: Sheltering roof -- Pattern Four: Capturing light -- Pattern Five: Parts in proportion -- Pattern Six: The flow through rooms -- Pattern Seven: Private edges, common core -- Pattern Eight: Refuge and outlook -- Pattern Nine: Place in between -- Pattern Ten: Composing with materials.