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One of the biggest challenges was working around the existing trees. "The site slopes downward, so we tried to mediate around that and curve the building so it feels as if it's hugging the trees," Megan Lin says. "It's an integral element of the design."

Porter worked with landscape design firm Wagner Hodgson to meld the pool house interior with the exterior.

The pool house was designed and built to mimic the main house, so they feel like "a family of structures," says Porter.