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The two structures' gabled roofs can be prominently seen from the street, alongside its all-over black siding.

View from the existing home looking down into the back yard. The DADU is meant to read as a simple planter rather than detached building.

Natalie and Lauren wanted to replicate the feel of a Zen garden with their home’s central courtyard. The garden features a Japanese maple that pops against the charred timber cladding, while structurally, the U-shape design ushers light right through to the back of the house.

Exterior, view from the street

Antonin Yuji Maeno and Kelsea Crawford founded Cutwork to "rethink spaces to make them more elastic in their usage,

A Karimoku case study chair with ottoman provides a spot to sit between the living room and reading nook.

Blaine Architects capped the front addition to this Eichler home with a shed roof that mimics the slope of traditional Eichlers, but slants in the opposite direction to make it distinct. The wood screen is made from Accoya.

The multicolored cushions were designed by Acuña and fabricated by Viviana Cortes.

City Cabin | Olson Kundig

Usha and Mike Kreaden had a virtually blank slate when it came to the garden outside the 1958 Joseph Eichler house that they bought in Silicon Valley two decades ago.