Budget Breakdown: This $865K Coastal Dwelling Is So Much More Than a Starter House
For the price of a Bay Area fixer-upper, a young architect builds a fire-resistant home where he can live, work, and surf.
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After living for years in a 350-square-foot studio apartment in San Francisco, architect Moshe Porter and his wife, Adanya Lustig, dreamed of having more space to start a family.
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Brian Libby
Dwell Contributor
Brian Libby is a Portland-based architecture writer who has contributed to Dwell since 2004. He has also written for The New York Times, Architect, CityLab, Salon, Metropolis, Architectural Record and The Oregonian, among others.
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