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The open-plan kitchen and living area are outfitted with birch veneer walls; the flooring is ash.

This home that was built atop of home constructed in World War I is completely reimagined by Daniel Rabin and Annie Ritz of local architecture and design firm And And And Studio. Details like fluted white cabinetry in the kitchen give this LA home a posh look.

Bathroom waste is treated through a vericomposting “Toha System,” where earthworms turn sewage into nutrient-rich humus. Shower water is collected and reused to flush the toilet.

Bill and the boys sit at a built-in oak-and-steel table. The sconce is from Restoration Hardware.

For the interiors, the firm chose timber for “a hard-wearing internal finish and a gentle, humane scale within the space,” says O’Callaghan. A series of semi-open plywood screens creates porous living, dining, and kitchen areas