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Cove room overhang and wrap around deck at dusk
Cove room overhang and wrap around deck at dusk
Full size bathroom with walk-in shower
Full size bathroom with walk-in shower
Propel Studio’s Namaste ADU, completed in 2019, was designed for a retiree who wanted to live with—but independently of—her daughter, so its eligibility for short-term rental was not a concern—and its Japanese-inspired contemporary design was small enough to allow more stylistic freedom.
Propel Studio’s Namaste ADU, completed in 2019, was designed for a retiree who wanted to live with—but independently of—her daughter, so its eligibility for short-term rental was not a concern—and its Japanese-inspired contemporary design was small enough to allow more stylistic freedom.
The windows themselves come from Lumisystem.
The windows themselves come from Lumisystem.
“The pitched ceilings and ribbon of clerestory windows make the interior feel more spacious than it is,” notes Gooden.
“The pitched ceilings and ribbon of clerestory windows make the interior feel more spacious than it is,” notes Gooden.
Five House by M Gooden Design floor plan
Five House by M Gooden Design floor plan
A red Womb chair from Knoll adds a bright touch to the otherwise neutral palette.
A red Womb chair from Knoll adds a bright touch to the otherwise neutral palette.
In the kitchen, Eames chairs flank a custom dining table, and the pendant is by Wever & Ducré.
In the kitchen, Eames chairs flank a custom dining table, and the pendant is by Wever & Ducré.
“The approval process wasn’t easy. It’s just a guesthouse, but we may as well have been trying to build an apartment complex in the backyard,” says Marks. Walls of board-formed concrete are warmed by the cumaru wood ceilings and decks.
“The approval process wasn’t easy. It’s just a guesthouse, but we may as well have been trying to build an apartment complex in the backyard,” says Marks. Walls of board-formed concrete are warmed by the cumaru wood ceilings and decks.
Rather than expand their midcentury home, Anthony Marks and his partner built a guesthouse on the unused half of their double lot, in Denton, Texas. The gated fence borrows from the material palette used for the dwelling. “It’s like an introduction, or preview, to what lies beyond,” says architect Michael Gooden.
Rather than expand their midcentury home, Anthony Marks and his partner built a guesthouse on the unused half of their double lot, in Denton, Texas. The gated fence borrows from the material palette used for the dwelling. “It’s like an introduction, or preview, to what lies beyond,” says architect Michael Gooden.