SAOTA and ARRCC designs with the whole site in mind, the landscape and the views. The houses “live out” and invite the outside in. Gardens and courtyards allow nature to come into the building and be a part of the experience. The earth touches the architecture. At the same time interior spaces borrow from outside, striving to create light, fresh and open, but carefully layered spaces, that mediate the relationships with the setting, and with the rest of the house with sensitivity and a light touch.