This single-family home in Tappan NY has a central great-room with a cathedral ceiling with a unique radiused ridge beam and expansive windows looking out onto a wooded rear yard. The long span of the curved laminated wood beam is supported by a column and custom steel clevis and turnbuckle assembly as a focal point. A large sustainable farmed Ipe deck looks out over a brook with woods beyond. The exterior features-stained red cedar shingles and local granite stone base and the distinctive curved roof ridge.