“I really like that when you walk in from the street, all you encounter is this abstract element, and you’re not really sure what you’re about to find,” says Pereyra. Visitors enter the house by passing beneath a second-floor hallway and through a courtyard to the entry lobby.  Photo 3 of 17 in A Dark Serpentine Structure Works as a Surprisingly Airy Family Home

A Dark Serpentine Structure Works as a Surprisingly Airy Family Home

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"I really like that when you walk in from the street, all you encounter is this abstract element, and you’re not really sure what you’re about to find," says Pereyra. Visitors enter the house by passing beneath a second-floor hallway and through a courtyard to the entry lobby.