A Room Without Walls

There are all kinds of outside rooms and spaces that extend the joy and livability of a home—terraces, porches, gardens, yards, balconies, verandas, atriums, and courtyards. Here is what I really do consider a room with no walls. However, it has all the comforts of an interior room. It has a fireplace, kitchen, living area, dining area, central air and heat, additional built-in auxiliary heaters, receding screens that disappear, a sound system, ample electrical and elaborate lighting. Now, it might seem extravagant to have central air and heat for an outdoor space, kind of like turning on the air conditioning with the top down on your convertible. On the other hand, think how environmentally beneficial it is to be able to turn off the three central air and heat units inside a 5,700 sf home as you are able to go outside and just turn on one central air unit to supplement the breezes coming across the 30-meter pool. Outside comfort and maybe even a net environmental advantage!
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