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Jorge’s parents’ house is across the patio. “We believe we’re onto something here in terms of a societal shift,” says Jorge. “Not everyone wants to live in an apartment or condo. They can live in a home that’s part of a family compound.”

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.

Throughout the home, the walls and floors feature the natural grain patterns of lacquered plywood. The Stokke Tripp Trapp chair in the dining room was Lizz’s when she was growing up in the 1980s while the two Steen Ostergaard chairs were a thrift store find, and Project Room designed the table.

Exterior view of home

The materials for the prefab were chosen to help the lodge blend into the wood. According to the architects, “the lodge features an intentionally limited palette of natural materials, including the same species of timber, western red cedar, on the external cladding and internal lining. Left unfinished, the exterior will weather naturally to a silver-gray color that is reminiscent of the local landscape, which will contrast the cozy, warmer tones of the interior."

Italian 5 gas burner. A chefs dream.

Attic Bedroom (Queen)

Custom made designer dining table - seats 6-8

Open plan Kitchen/living/dining. View from the living room. (20FT Ceilings)

The double-height ceiling makes the living room of this compact cabin feel downright grand.

“In every season, in every setting, it’s beautiful,” says Emilie.

The visual simplicity and raw beauty of the space takes inspiration from a surprising source: the Wes Anderson movie Isle of Dogs. “Ravi sent me a screenshot and I just said, ‘I’m on board,’” says Emilie.

The heavy guardrail on the mezzanine ties into the black kitchen cabinets below.

A view of the ipe-and-steel bridge from the main house to the annex.

The living room takes advantage of the Californian climate, opening completely to the deck adjoining two indoor/outdoor wings.

The kitchen in 1220 E. 12th Street House features floor-to-ceiling windows that look out on a serene grove of oak trees. The project was designed by Studio 804, a graduate student architecture and design program led by Dan Rockhill at the University of Kansas.

Luciano Kruk devised an economical floor plan at the clients’ request. “The house was constituted as a compact block,” said the firm, with shared living spaces on the ground floor and two bedrooms—one a private master and the other a bunk room—up top.

Glass doors open the home to an expansive wooden deck overlooking gorgeous Alpine views.

A slender, black double-sided fireplace distinguishes the living room from the dining area.