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A bonus of the rounded internal divisions that carve up the main floor rooms is that they provide spaces in which to conceal ventilation chases and a powder room while also bringing soft, diffuse light deep into the home. The discrete rooms are an attempt, according to David Freeland, founding principal at FreelandBuck, to fight against the ubiquitous nature of great-rooms and open plans in contemporary speculative housing. Inside, the home features formal dining, living, and kitchen spaces tucked into each corner. The third floor is divided into five discrete areas, starting with a deep dining terrace that extends a modest entry room outside the house. Aerial view of the home (Courtesy Eric Staudenmaier Photography) Instead, here the ADU is a stop on the way toward the main home, which is accessed from a front stair that flanks the unit’s large glass entry. The arrangement-attached and embedded with the bulk of the building-differs from typical ADU configurations in the city, which tend to separate the unit from the main home or locate it within converted garages. The secondary unit’s entry is marked by patterned cladding modeled after board-and-batten siding and comes with a modest terrace and storage shed, as well. The ADU has its own distinctive entry and can either be rented out to help pay the mortgage or used as a home office, according to the architects. Washington neighborhood and comes with ground-floor parking and a one-bedroom Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) on the second level. The 2,207-square-foot home is located in L.A.’s bustling Mt.
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Los Angeles– and New York City–based FreelandBuck have completed construction on Stack House, a distinctive, ground-up, single-family home made up of shifting, room-sized boxes that tumble up a steep mountainside site.