Mr. and Mrs. Kurt E. Appert's house at Atherton, California | architect Joseph Allen Stein

The garden-encompassing plan of Mr. and Mrs. Kurt E. Appert's house at Atherton, California, originated from their preference for outdoor entertaining. After discussion with architect Joseph Allen Stein and landscape architects Eckbo, Royston and Williams, they decided to give every room an annex outdoors. The children have a terrace off their bedrooms plus a playground below the kitchen windows. In summer, sliding glass doors in living, dining and master bedrooms are always open to adjoining terraces, letting fresh air blow through to the central patio. The maid has her private terrace, too.

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source: House and Garden Magazine | august 1951