Los Angeles and Beverly Hills Real Estate

And You Thought Skylights Were Neat…


Siding HouseBritish actuary Ross Russell and his wife Sally decided to leave behind their hectic London lives and move to the countryside. They wanted to build a home that was a little unconventional, but the local planning council was apparently more traditionally-minded. The end result — an interesting fusion contrived by Russell and a childhood friend who grew up to be a successful architect — is a fairly rustic-looking timber-clad shell that slides all the way back to reveal a modern glass and steel structure completely open to the land and the sky above. (The sliding shell, by the way, does have skylights cut out.) We always talk about “bringing the outdoors in,” but a wall of French doors just can’t compete with this. Read the whole story here.

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  1. Be sure to check out NeighborCity for some great Los Angeles real estate listings over at http://www.neighborcity.com/CA/Los-Angeles

    Comment by Andy — March 26, 2009 #

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