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A sliding glass door leads from the master bedroom to a deck overlooking the back patio.

A large moving wall of glass lets in fresh Santa Monica breezes.

Attractive styling of Western Window Systems products complements the contemporary design of the home.

A corner window bathes this bedroom with copious amounts of Southern California sunshine.

Project • By Western Architectural Openings • Private Houses

Space Saver

A prefab modular fits neatly on a tiny Santa Monica corner lot.On a quiet corner lot near Santa Monica’s Ocean Park neighborhood, just blocks from the Pacific Ocean, architect Jennifer Siegal made the most of her unique talent in utilizing prefabricated modules to create an eye-catching home.Working with a lot measuring only 25 feet wide by 100 feet long, Siegal, owner of Venice, California-based architecture firm Office of Mobile Design, carefully fitted two stacking prefab modules to form the two-story 2,330-square-foot home.Siegal, winner of the 2016 ArcVision Prize-Women and Architecture, has been recognized internationally as “a fearless pioneer in the research and development of prefabricated construction systems.” It’s easy to s... More