The living room in this new two-bedroom house looks across the tropical backyard to the existing home. This space is open to the kitchen and dining area to the left. Sliding doors open up these areas to the outdoors. Clerestory windows in the gabled

The living room in this new two-bedroom house looks across the tropical backyard to the existing home. This space is open to the kitchen and dining area to the left. Sliding doors open up these areas to the outdoors. Clerestory windows in the gabled roof ends have louvres that help control the heat.