Sliding glass doors lead out to a side deck and then up a set of stairs to a roof lounge with powder-coated aluminum railings and cedar decking.

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Their three-room bicycle garage is made of the same materials, and has floor-to-ceiling glass sliding doors in the fitness room that open to the same courtyard as the floor-to-ceiling sliding glass doors in the main house's dining room.

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Mimi Hoang, a principal of nArchitects, the design end of the three-prong winning team, said that high ceilings will add a feeling of spaciousness and sliding glass doors to Juliette balconies will make renters feel a connection to the city.

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"Oh man, that's all my stuff coming out the door, them sliding-glass doors down there, " he said on the video.

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In Los Angeles, Larry Scarpa says the "best weather on the planet" means it is all about the outdoors: His homes tend to be shed-like shapes with enormous sliding glass pocket doors.

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Bemused onlookers watched the rescue efforts through glass sliding doors.

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Couches and chairs have been re-covered, while polished marble and tidied-up fixtures give the bathrooms a more au courant look (the outdated sliding frosted-glass tub doors were mercifully removed).

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