In home design, context matters

HOME’S lead article with eye-catching photos on “A House Turned Inside Out” [Feb. 15] was great reading, but, nevertheless, a missed opportunity.

If the premise of the design was to relate the home’s interior to the landscape artistry, wouldn’t a simple, plan view of the property and buildings have brought the whole piece into clearer focus?

With graphics pervading our computer-literate world, I can scarcely conceive that your readers wouldn’t comprehend a simple architectural graphic.

WILLIAM K. SOLBERG

Los Angeles

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RE “A House Turned Inside Out” [Feb. 15]: I’m sure the Rogers’ house is stunning in its own right, but how does it fit in with its surroundings? Is it obscured by a high, unfriendly wall that brays “do not approach,” or is it sited in an older neighborhood where it possibly sticks out like a sore thumb among 1920s Spanish and Tudor Revivals with modest front yards?

TOBY M. HORN

Los Angeles