I tried living in a 169-square-foot tiny house
The home was smaller than a parking space—but it's fairly cheap to build and could quickly add new housing options in cities ...
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Ready to build or rent out an ADU? Here's how to win over nervous neighbors
“Do your due diligence,” said Sam Pratt, vice president of construction at Samara, a prefabricated ADU manufacturer. Whether you choose a prefab option or not, he recommended asking around for ...
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From elevators to a foundation designed around a pecan tree, see the creative ways homeowners are adding backyard cottages to their lots
Every architecture story has its own twists and turns – even those backyard cottages known as Accessory Dwelling Units that ...
A man couldn't find a tiny home he loved, so he built one. Now almost anyone can buy one of his sleek ADUs from $59,000.
MyCabin's Scandinavian-style prefab homes were initially only available in Europe, but now Americans can pick from five minimalist units. Take a look.
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5 months left for California governments to craft ADU approval program
The gallery is a turnkey website to showcase a jurisdiction’s preapproved ADU plans, including choices of certified prefab units and predesigned site-built plans from a database containing off ...
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Polyhaus’s Tiny Mass-Timber ADU Offers a Possible Solution to a Very Big Housing Problem
Unlike many of the prefabricated accessory dwelling units (ADUs ... “Polyhaus is a design and construction-technology company,” says López-Pérez, which he contrasts to ADU manufacturers that provide a ...
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From elevators to a foundation designed around a pecan tree, see the creative ways homeowners are adding backyard cottages to their lots
Menlo Park author Lydia Lee with her new book, “The Well-designed Accessory Dwelling Unit: Fitting Great Architecture into Small Spaces” during a visit to a Peninsula ADU featured in the book.