#adu
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Project • By bau10 architecture • Private Houses
CoeurD'Alene
In 2016, we were approached by our clients, a young couple with two kids, to rebuild their detached garage. Mandatories included parking/storage and a play room above the new garage.
Because the State of California introduced the ADU ordinance in January 1st, 2017, we suggested changing the originally designed play room into a habitable space above the new garage, hosting visiting families and friends and generating rental income, which would help offset construction costs.
hereandnowagency.com
The design objective was to create a new structure that forms an assemble with the existing two-story single-family residence, leaving ample exterior garden space to allow for children to play.
The two structures create a courtyar... More
Project • By IwamotoScott Architecture • Private Houses
Geode ADU
Geode ADU is a small (640 square feet) recently completed accessory dwelling unit that supplements and contrasts an existing mid-century modern Eichler house in Burlingame, CA. The client's brief requested a design for a writing studio and guest unit, as a 'place apart' from the main house and also an inspiring work of architecture -- both in its exterior form and materials, and in its interior spatial character. The design response evolved as a very particular three-dimensional form, with a polygonal plan and a section inflected to both slope and view. Helping to further shape the design were an unusually-shaped lot with significant topography which impacts the buildable footprint; strict zoning constraints regarding setbacks, size a... More