A shaft of sunlight streams into the marble shower, through a glass atrium that connects the master suite to the outdoors while maintaining privacy; the fixtures are by Vola.

Sunlight is plentiful at every level of the house.

The addition of a glass wall in the center of the property further opens the interior space to the outside and allows for an additional source of natural light.

The skylights are constantly changing the home's interiors. It's "not just day/night, or dark/light," says Bernheimer, "but the quality of light...changes at any given hour, depending on where clouds are, where the sun is, whether the moon is full or not, all dependent on the time of day, time of year, and so forth."

Baldwin Hills,back exterior of house taken at dusk

Just beyond the pergola's reach, a narrow pool is heated by direct sunlight.

Sunlight and shadows accentuate the architectural forms around the stairway leading to the roof deck.

Baldwin Hills,proto core control room

Baldwin Hills,modern colorful office

Sunlight shines through the gabions, peppering the interior with natural ornamentation.

Buckner and Roberts both expressed admiration for Jones’s thoughtful details—including the sloping glass, angled columns, and Wrightian light shelf.

Baldwin Hills, Living room

At night, the open patchwork glows and expresses a new textural pattern.

The gable roofs of the house are expressed on the second floor, where the lofted ceilings are covered with birch plywood.

The interior is expressed through a series of simple planes that allow each space to flow to the next.

The outdoors are part of the cohesive design, embracing the vegetation, sites, and sunlight.

Duratherm windows paint the black brick wall of the staircase with sunlight.

The kitchen's central island is particularly luminous when sunlight pours down through the skylight.

In the combined kitchen and dining room, a skylight lets in lots of sunlight, and the table overlooks the courtyard.

A skylight at the top of the staircase, which winds around a carambola tree, floods the interior with sunlight.

The industrial aesthetic of the Segals’ lounge area is softened by a white shag rug and the generous sunlight that streams through its ceiling of thick glass. The seating is by Paul Kjaeholm.

In the bedroom wing, sunlight shines down from the Plexiglass bubbles. Steel in the cutaways reflects the light.

“Initially, we proposed fewer glass panes to control sunlight and energy loss,” says architect Daniel Iragüen. “But in the end, we made the house almost completely transparent.”

“We wanted a palette that would express a more neutral feeling in the living, dining and bedroom areas, and a touch of color in the kitchen and bathroom areas,” says Aretio.

In the master bedroom, the same perforated material that was used in the bathroom gives a sense of sunlight filtering through leaves.

When the casement windows are opened, family members can bask in sunlight while reading a book indoors.

To bring sunlight into the lakeside home, Max-A set a giant skylight in one of its roof facets.

The bricks provide a semi-outdoor feel in the common spaces; most of the potted plants are placed in this part of the house as the morning sunlight is less harsh for them to grow.

The addition of a skylight lets sunlight wash over jade-green tile that's laid in a herringbone pattern in the bathroom.

Rose’s pottery studio opens right up to the back lawn to let the sunlight (or curious pups) inside.

The open-plan kitchen, dining, and living areas are washed in sunlight that streams in through floor-to-ceiling windows and doors.

In the living room, Fashandi enjoys lounging in the Saarinen Womb chair by Knoll near the fireplace. The red wall is flanked by thin windows, causing it to glow in the sunlight.

(Film still from "The Environmental Witch Hunt") Aspen trees sliced apart by sunlight.

The wedge-shaped shower in the primary bathroom glimmers with sunlight from a full-height window. The tiles are from SomerTile, and the fixtures are from Grohe.

The interior is mostly painted white with vibrant pops of color adding a distinctive Bauhaus touch. In the kitchen, this is expressed through the mustard yellow cabinetry. "I really love Bauhaus and Mid-Century tones,

A built-in bench seat with a skylight above it, and large drawers beneath provides a cozy area for reading in the sunlight, as well as storage space.