Twentieth-century architects love large windows. They say they bring nature into their houses. In this instance the entry of nature is actual. The cliffside, virtually penetrating the frail shell of the house, breaks into the house itself. This may well be the most dramatic confrontation of the principles of the natural and manmade in all of architecture. Before building the home, Albert Frey spent a year studying how the sun fell on the lot, the angles of the shadows, and on the basis of his observations determined the position, plan and height of the house. The structure is built with such attention to the natural environment that one might well describe it as a part of the landscape rather than as a different thing altogether.
