Office

Agustín Hernandez's home office.

Each shed is customizable via a recently launched interactive online tool and range from $120-150 per square foot. With more people working from home, backyard offices offer a physical barrier between life and work, this one in Walnut Creek, California, has a FullLite glass front elevation.

Insulated with denim and highly sealed, the sheds can also double as an outdoor room, like this outdoor living room in Palo Alto, California.

A coat of white IdeaPaint can expand the limited scope of a home office.

The second-floor office is housed inside a rounded rectangle of concrete that the architect inserted on top of the old farmhouse.

An office nook and library can participate in the open plan or disappear behind pocket doors.