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Madison points out that the pod concept would make it easy to add an extension if necessary. “We see it as a house that can grow with us—and that we can pay for as we go along.”

The site plan.

The two-bedroom ADU features built-ins in every room

“Two by three purlins sit on top of (and run perpendicular to) the rafters to achieve an eave on each gable end—and they also provide ventilation space,” Wilson says. “This is common in simple barn construction, but also typical of Japanese wood temples.”

Floor plan of Ellison Residence by Gene Leedy

Built on a tight budget of $120,000, a retirement home in the mountains delivers unexpected contemporary design to a rural township.