This house was considered as just one element in the total site plan. From nearly all its rooms, you can see or enter a paved or planted outdoor area screened for privacy.
Note how smoothly these indoor and outdoor areas work together. The dining room has a matching terrace. Off the family room is a living terrace close to the house, leading to another pergola-sheltered area at the rear. Next to the living room is an area of terrace and planting. Off the bedrooms is a play terrace. And the master bedroom opens to a terrace at one end of the rear area.
The interior divides into a large open area for living activities on one side, a sleeping wing on the other. The street face of the house is blank, but callers at the entry can be seen from the kitchen through an open-work fence.
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source: Sunset Books - Sunset Homes 1967
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