ADU

Second level floor plan

Main level floor plan

Georgina, Diego, and their two children, 10-year-old Nicoletta and seven-year-old Arturo.

The exterior of the extended yoga studio and primary bedroom wing. The deck is constructed of batu, which was chosen over ipe to keep costs down.

The new, stepped decks run the length of the house, visually and physically connecting both sides of the building.

The clients for an existing home in Seattle approached Best Practice Architecture with a need to make space for an aging family member, but the home on-site was already filled to the brim. The firm's answer was to expand the existing detached garage into a gracious and airy living suite. The architects worked with the natural, six-foot slope of the site and built the Granny Pad into the hill to gain the needed interior height. The volume on the right is the original garage footprint, which now houses a kitchen and sitting room. The added volume on the left hosts the bedroom, as well as a bathroom beneath the loft space.

In inclement weather, covered walkways courtesy of the cantilevered roof come to the rescue.

A "time and materials" contract outlines a set price for labor and materials based on hourly rates or price per quantity.

The back deck features an outdoor shower designed by Scott. Made of stainless steel and brass components, it uses a garden watering nozzle for the shower and foot-wash heads.

Suzanne and Brooks Kelley at the back of their 1,100-square-foot guest cottage.

Despite its small footprint, the flexible, multi-purpose space includes bike storage and a niche for storing weights.

The apartment above the garage received a dormer to enlarge the interior footprint.