Steven Holl admired the connections between the traditional and the modern in Bartók's music. Similarly, as Bartok's extraordinary compositions reverberated original melodies, the Stretto house built an aqueous space with traditional materials, its polished concrete blocks and metal structure forming part of Texas's vernacular architecture. These traditional materials were used in all four sections of the house, each of which is divided into two units: the first is rectangular heavy masonry which makes reference to the concrete dams on the site, and the second is of light and curvilinear metal which covers the various rooms - living room, art storage room, office, dining room and breakfast corner. Each of the rectangular masonry contains a service zone for the house - the staircases that lead to a bedroom and a sitting room, bathrooms, library and the kitchen. The last section of the house is a partially covered pond, a flooded room.