For Kristabel Plummer, the London Living Rent program was the key to locking down a long-term one bedroom for several hundred pounds less than similar units in the area.
When a family in Austin needed room to grow, Low Design Office gave them 1,000 square feet of subterranean space for a playroom and guest suite.
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“We take houses built in the ’70s, ’80s, or ’90s, and we make them look like the 1870s or 1880s or 1890s,” explains Jack Alessio Pretto of Retroject Projects.
Designed James Hubbell, the curvaceous gunite home is packed with whimsical details, and it was hand built by a single family over the course of four years.