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These compact layouts create ideal guesthouses, tiny offices, art studios, and more.
Adding an accessory dwelling unit (ADU) to your backyard opens up possibilities. It can provide a place for visiting family or guests to stay, generate income as a rental, or serve as a work-from-home office paces from your back door. Whichever route you’re leaning toward, let these exceptional ADUs and their accompanying layouts help you come up with the perfect plan for your backyard.
Northwood ADU by T+E+A+M
Using industrial materials in an inventive, DIY method, Michigan architecture practice T+E+A+M sought to make efficient living a priority with the group’s newest housing project: a modest accessory dwelling unit (ADU) that will serve as a backyard rental in the city of Ann Arbor, Michigan. The one-bedroom, one-bathroom backyard residence marks one of the first ADUs to be built under the city’s new zoning regulations that were approved in June 2021.
Photo by Chris Miele
The walls, roof, floors, and foundation of Northwood ADU are all prefabricated. T+E+A+M selected the building materials based on their production and panel sizes to minimize waste and increase efficiency. The choices also take heavy snowfall into consideration.
Photo: Tim Lohnes
Stop Making Sense ADU by Bunch Design
When Bo Sundius and Hisako Ichiki of Bunch Design began imagining an accessory dwelling unit to place in their friends’ backyard, they found unlikely inspiration in the form of Stop Making Sense, the beloved 1984 concert movie documenting the Talking Heads’ performance at the Hollywood Pantages Theatre.
Photo by Ye Rin Mok
See the full story on Dwell.com: 22 ADU Floor Plans That Make the Most of the Backyard
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By: Marissa Hermanson, Daisy Zuckerman
Title: 22 ADU Floor Plans That Make the Most of the Backyard
Sourced From: www.dwell.com/article/adu-floor-plans-06b805c4
Published Date: Sun, 04 Jul 2021 00:14:18 GMT
