“We studied the Schindler house in Hollywood, which uses a courtyard and glass corners to open up the home to the landscape,” says architect McShane Murnane. “We incorporated sliding doors that pocket into the wall to blur the distinction between the inside and outside.”  Photo 3 of 10 in This Live/Work Compound Is Carved Into a Los Angeles Hillside

This Live/Work Compound Is Carved Into a Los Angeles Hillside

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"We studied the Schindler house in Hollywood, which uses a courtyard and glass corners to open up the home to the landscape," says architect McShane Murnane. "We incorporated sliding doors that pocket into the wall to blur the distinction between the inside and outside."