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Architects: Byben
- Area: 480 ft²
- Year: 2021
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Photographs:Taiyo Watanabe, Olivia Hemaratanatorn
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Lead Architects: Chris Skeens, Ben Warwas
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Builder/General Contractor: LA Green Building, Marc Le Cornet
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Structural Engineer: Nous Engineering, Omar Garza
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Interior Design: Sunstone Interiors, Jana Stark
Text description provided by the architects. The client, a filmmaker, and a poet, acquired an eclectically terraced hillside property abutting Elysian park in the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles. The previous owner decorated the backyard in a lyrical antique style with circuitous crumbling stairs winding up the hill and a hand-made shack on the brink of collapse. Inspired by the whimsical setting, the client wanted to replace it with a writing studio and guest house that evoked the past but was firmly contemporary.
