ADUs

Double Duty marks the first time that the AIA Austin Homes Tour has featured an ADU as a primary residence. Located in East Austin and designed by Pollen Architecture & Design, the dwelling accommodates modern urban Austinites working from home. Tall ceilings and outdoor views make the less than 900-square-foot home feels expansive, while foldaway cabinetry and multifunctional furniture ensures the rooms transform seamlessly from living to working mode. In lieu of a garage, an expansive screened porch brings the outside in.

Apart from concealing surprisingly deep drawers and closets across their units, Fritz Tiny Homes curates other thoughtful, space-saving solutions: for example, the Gemini sofa from Resource Furniture that can be pulled up into a bunk bed.

Built by Fritz Tiny Homes and delivered by crane, the compact ADU brings new potential to a compact Silver Lake lot.

The four containers are also the same brand, which was an important consideration as each brand has slightly different dimensions, and the highly detailed design of the hide-out necessitated precision.

Warwas offset the rear of the ADU to accommodate the power lines running behind the house, and he designed a window in the office/guest room upstairs that meets the roof in the same way that the window off the dining area/kitchen meets the ground.

The company's base model comes with a custom Murphy bed and a Kohler bathtub for $64,955. It is technically a studio, and the company is working on its first one-bedroom model for ordering in March.

Isaac describes the building as a “semi-modular” unit: “It has a pier and beam foundation, so it can be moved, but only short distances because its 17-foot width means permits would be necessary. It was also built on site.”

The 750-square-foot accessory dwelling unit (ADU) that Bo Sundius and Hisako Ichiki of BunchADU designed in Los Angeles’s Atwater Village is filled with bright colors that help to designate the spaces within the small backyard home.

Natural light was extra important to Aaron, as this space functions as his art studio, too.

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

After - rear windows

The Tini M bedroom is surrounded by windows. The initial structure includes a bed base with drawers, bedside tables, and a wood stove.