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Studio as seen from the pool deck.

The new building—a simple rectangular volume with few The studio itself features refined wooden cabinetry whose
windows—features durable corrugated-zinc siding that is oriented horizontal grain pattern echoes the horizontal lines of building’s
horizontally to emphasize the structure’s length. At the rear of the exterior siding. The building’s bathroom—a sleekly detailed space
property, a wall made from vertically oriented planks of COR-TEN that would fit well into in a modern main residence—serves the
steel—a brand that weathers over time to a beautiful rusted studio and also provides a changing room for swimmers. A family’s
patina—responds to the alley context, while a slatted-wood fence needs can evolve over time, and soon after the building was
responds to an adjacent garden. Floating stone treads gracefully completed, the owner’s son took over the garage, removed the car,
manage the change in elevation from the existing house and the pool and converted the space into a Millennial’s version of a man cave.
to the new building. A planted area in front of the new building As with the Hutner pool and porch, the Studio 6420 building
introduces a natural element into the mostly hardscaped outdoor aligns with the width of the main house, reinforcing the property’s
arrangement, helping to tie the composition to the trees in the geometry. Appearing at the far end of the yard, with the beautifully
surrounding neighborhood. landscaped pool in front, the new building serves as the final
What looks like a chimney on the new building is actually a punctuation mark to a graceful, spa-like composition, providing
clever device for accommodating all of the building’s roof another example of how a well-done back yard building can
penetrations in a single location and for providing space for the combine with an existing house to produce a coordinated result
building’s mechanical and natural ventilation. Elsewhere on the that is greater than the sum of its parts.
roof, a circular skylight admits daylight into the studio.

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