![Mount Washington Studio / FAR frohn&rojas - Windows, Facade, Handrail](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5d92/72cb/284d/d1f3/5100/0064/newsletter/FAR_LAstudio_01_3000px_copy.jpg?1569878717)
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Architects: FAR frohn&rojas
- Area: 100 m²
- Year: 2019
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Photographs:Brica Wilcox
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Engineering: IDG Structural Engineering, Farshid Behshid
![Mount Washington Studio / FAR frohn&rojas - Windows, Facade](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5d92/7076/284d/d1e6/de00/0260/medium_jpg/FAR_LAstudio_02_3000px.jpg?1569878116)
Text description provided by the architects. Adding a studio and a spacious deck facing the silhouette of the Angeles National Forest we extended the home of the LA-based artist Kim Schoen. The existing 1930s house is located on a steeply sloping site in the Mount Washington neighborhood of Los Angeles.
![Mount Washington Studio / FAR frohn&rojas - Facade](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5d92/70dc/284d/d1f3/5100/005f/newsletter/FAR_LAstudio_05_3000px.jpg?1569878218)
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Taking advantage of the slope we located the studio a full level below the ground floor of the existing home so that its roof surface could double as a spacious deck. It offers an outdoor living and dining area protected from the sun by a large Eucalyptus tree overhanging the deck thus offering shade and privacy.
![Mount Washington Studio / FAR frohn&rojas - Table, Chair, Beam](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5d92/6fbe/284d/d1e6/de00/0256/newsletter/FAR_LAstudio_06_3000px.jpg?1569877929)
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The north-facing studio wall features a large-scale bi-fold garage door. Its translucent corrugated and twin-wall cladding offer indirect natural lighting while abstracting the surrounding landscape silhouette into a fine vertical linear pattern. Opened up the garage door folds into a canopy orienting the studio to the outside and framing a panoramic view of the surrounding hills.
![Mount Washington Studio / FAR frohn&rojas - Windows, Chair, Facade, Handrail, Patio, Garden, Deck, Courtyard](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5d92/6f3c/284d/d1e6/de00/0253/newsletter/FAR_LAstudio_09_3000px.jpg?1569877801)
![Mount Washington Studio / FAR frohn&rojas - Handrail](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5d92/6e3d/284d/d1f3/5100/0054/medium_jpg/FAR_LAstudio_13_3000px.jpg?1569877545)
All surfaces of the deck and the exterior stair connecting it to the lower level are clad in tile creating a delicate three-dimensional grid. While its rhythmic precision sets the addition apart from the existing house, the color of the tiles matching that of the existing facades synchronizes the two.
![Mount Washington Studio / FAR frohn&rojas - Facade](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5d92/7091/284d/d1e6/de00/0261/newsletter/FAR_LAstudio_03_3000px.jpg?1569878141)