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The permanently open kitchen connects to a patio. A banana tree, planted by Marcos just two and a half years ago, looms over an Amador dining table and benches by Ries.

In the listening room, which is carpeted and lined in drapes for soundproofing, custom floor cushions by Luna/Oks invite lounging. “I was looking for sophistication without pretension,” says Marcos of the project.

In the living room, a modular sofa from Helmut joins a Tori stool made of sand-cast aluminum and an Orno wood chair, both by Ries.

Vintage Thonet chairs and a Canto table by Ries sit outside the home’s listening room and study.

Marcos Altgelt, cofounder of Argentine design studio Ries and one of last year’s Dwell 24, renovated a 100-year-old “chorizo house” in Buenos Aires in exchange for a decade of reasonable rent. Chorizos—so called because their rooms are arranged in a row, like sausage links—feature long, greenery-filled courtyards with doors offering independent access to each room.

Once a two-car garage, Antonio's expanded studio is now a light-filled space connected to the ADU.

Warwas finished the high-ceilinged ADU kitchen with a skylight and a large square window that fills the space with natural light. The artworks are by Antonio.

During construction, Warwas and Antonio noticed that the skylight in the sleeping loft brought abundant light into the living room, so Warwas designed an opening that allows the skylight to be used twice. An inexpensive grate by Grainger pulls air through the space as well.

Warwas expanded the existing attic to create a small sleeping loft.

“The living room ceiling brought the whole project together,” designer Ben Warwas explains. “It was a win-win because we also got a whole new facade in the back.”

Displaying canvases by Steven Criqui (left) and Antonio Adriano Puleo (right), the transformed living room features a sculptural ceiling accented by a grate that brings light from the skylight in the expanded attic space above. Puleo designed the geometric print on the bench, which was made by James Melinat of Reigns Studio, who also built the custom cabinetry and bookshelves. Trifold sliders from Fleetwood open to the rear yard.