Description: On a large, relatively flat site in Beverly Hills we prepared a number of options for a house to replace an existing structure with an outmoded floor plan but with a garden enjoyed by the homeowner. The two options shown present a plan that allows the owner to hold functions for a large number of people while providing a library and four bedrooms with the privacy required. The schemes differ in that one is organized in a linear fashion with a large, two-story height living room to one side that can be opened up to link the front and rear landscaped gardens and pools while the second has the house straddling the site with distinct front and rear yards that can be joined visually by opening up the glass walls of the ground-level living and dining areas. The second scheme incorporates a seating area in the middle of a "U" shaped swimming pool to further enhance the outdoor spaces available to the family for relaxing and entertaining.