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ELEMENTS LIKE SLIDING GLASS DOORS, big pivot doors and oversize windows open up a home and connect it to the environment in a natural way. In many ways, simply opening up the doors and windows will invite and allow a much more healthful interior environment. Passage ways or widows that allow us to see and physically leave our buildings and be in the landscape is positive. This light filled home takes full advantage of its tree-filled location between a hillside and a canyon road in the mountains. The home was designed to celebrate the Marmol Radziner EXPANSIVE WINDOWS AND DOORS WELCOME VIEWS, NATURAL LIGHT AND VENTILATION natural environment and foster a strong indoor-outdoor connection. Much of the house opens up to the landscape in the form of sliding glass doors and walls. We can see how the home also connects to the landscape through views. The dark interior allows the grasses and sycamore trees outside to pop in the interior living spaces, creating an almost painting-like effect. Deep roof overhangs pull in the landscape even more, and along with the building's orientation protect the home from solar gain.