A left turn from the entrance leads into the living and dining spaces. Instead of giving us the sense that we’re traveling deeper into the house and further from outdoors, entering the double-height room brings us back to the land: floor to ceiling windows reveal the open field behind the house, fully visible for the first time. The window panes are thin, calling to mind the delicate sash windows of old Philadelphia architecture.
The northeast-facing windows are an example of how Kahn oriented each part of the house to reveal the landscape and the changing light in subtle ways.1 Shadows move across the pasture throughout the day. Light flows through the space from dawn until sunset, when the setting sun illuminates the dining room chimney (visible through the windows).