Villa JM, a secluded holiday home in the Netherlands, has been designed by Rotterdam-based architecture firm Powerhouse Company. Villa JM presents a mysterious stone face to the world, revealing only a tantalizing glimpse of its inner world through the shape of the central courtyard. Inspired by a wooded site in the south of the Netherlands, the studio carefully placed large stretches of glass to offer the client the best of natural views, while the enclosed volume protects their privacy. Natural stone and wood add depth to our basic single-storey design, where simple straight lines form a huge volume with attractive curves and sinuous glass walls.