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Mork-Ulnes balances ADU on California mountainside
International studio Mork-Ulnes Architects has created an angled accessory dwelling unit in the mountains of Marin County, California with wooden interiors and a loft space. More
International studio Mork-Ulnes Architects has created an angled accessory dwelling unit in the mountains of Marin County, California with wooden interiors and a loft space. More
The founders of California-based 3R Studio have created a compact, live-work unit for themselves called Evelyn ADU that consists of two gabled volumes connected by a glazed bridge. More
Green fibre-cement siding that blends with the trees is among the modifications made to a century-old house in California that has been revamped by local studio Martin Fenlon Architecture. More
US architecture studio Kendle Design Collaborative has designed an accessory building for a family home with a metal roof extension meant to frame an outdoor garden while "celebrating the Arizona sky". More
American studio Schwartz and Architecture has completed a cedar-clad accessory dwelling unit on a California property that is meant to serve as "a jumping off point for a modern wine country design". More
Students in the Studio 804 design-build programme at the University of Kansas took cues from farmstead vernacular to create a primary home and accessory dwelling unit called 722 Ash Street. More
Architects John Friedman and Alice Kimm have stacked a concrete mass with sinuous cutouts into a hillside as a home for their family in Los Angeles, complete with a crane in the kitchen and an accessory dwelling unit. More
North Arrow Studio has completed a compact, corrugated metal accessory dwelling unit in East Austin's Chestnut neighbourhood featuring a custom, circular pivot window that is reminiscent of the round opening in a birdhouse. More
California studio Assembledge+ has created a two-storey accessory dwelling unit that features blue fibre-cement cladding and an asymmetrical gabled roof. More
US startup Cosmic has created a solar-powered accessory dwelling unit that is built using a special construction process and generates far more electricity than it needs. More
Smart systems and salvaged materials feature in an accessory dwelling unit by architecture firm Tres Birds that city officials have designated as low-cost housing. More
US architecture firm DUST has completed an accessory dwelling unit for a family in Marfa, Texas, who decided to relocate permanently during the coronavirus pandemic. More
Fibre cement panels and stainless steel are among the low-maintenance materials used by architectural practice TEAM to create an accessory dwelling unit in Michigan. More
American practice Bunch Design has completed a colourful granny flat modelled on an oversized suit at the back of a home in Los Angeles, with sliding doors that enable it to become a single open space. More
A scalloped roofline defines this playful backyard studio that Los Angeles architects Byben & Skeens completed for a writer and filmmaker to have a "solitary space for creation". More
New York architecture studio SO-IL has created Pebble House, a flower-shaped prefabricated house, for the Los Angeles Accessory Dwelling Units scheme. More
Seattle architecture firm SHED has designed this compact home for a couple who wanted to live in a smaller dwelling on their own property. More
University of Hawaii architecture graduate Joey Valenti has designed prefabricated and low-cost housing units made entirely from invasive albizia trees on the island of Oahu. More
Prefabricated housing company Koto has designed a cabin-like ADU, or Accessory Dwelling Unit, that can be delivered to sites in San Jose, California in two weeks. More
American firms Wittman Estes and NODE have created a prefabricated accessory dwelling unit, or ADU, that is wrapped in charred wood and runs entirely on solar power. More