Conceived of as a C-shaped house with a small private courtyard and a large private rear yard, this new house maximizes the floor area available to build on this smaller Palo Alto lot. An Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) integrated into the main structure gave a floor area bonus. For now, it will be used for visiting relatives. One challenge of this design was keeping a low profile and proportional design while still meeting the FEMA flood plain requirement that the finished floor start about 3′ above grade. The new house has four bedrooms (including the attached ADU), a separate family room with a window seat, a music room, a prayer room, and a large living space that opens to the private small courtyard as well as a large covered patio at the rear. Mature trees around the perimeter of the lot were preserved, and new ones planted, for private indoor-outdoor living. C-shaped house, New home, ADU, Palo Alto, CA, courtyard, KA Project Team: John Klopf, AIA, Angela Todorova, Lucie Danigo
Structural Engineer: ZFA Structural Engineers
Landscape Architect: Outer Space Landscape Architects
Contractor: Coast to Coast Development
Photography: ©2023 Mariko Reed
Year Completed: 2022 Location: Palo Alto, CA

Laundry alcove off the garage, doors closed. The unit was detailed to meet code requirement of maintaining one-hour separation of garage from the house. The washing machine water supply has a quick disconnect to prevent winter freezing.

The walnut boxes and appliance shelf provide easily accessible space for storing frequently used items while keeping the countertop clutter-free for preparing food. Photo by Scott Norsworthy

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Designed to match the famous dinning collection GALA from the Sofa & Chair Company London. Floating Entertainment cabinets has been made from Sycamore veneer with a grey tone and finished with polyester paint to grain fill the wood and polished surface to create a luxury look. Openings for the flap has a finger grip detail. The three floating shelves has a concealed fixings to create a floating look as overall design for the unit. Vertical units has glass shelves inside and can be fitted with LED light if required. This set available to order with a 6 weeks lead time to any country.

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Modern Italian Wall Unit / Entertainment Center JA-1040, Italy. This wall unit and entertainment center is unique for its contemporary design with modern European flavor. The wall unit composition can easily decorate your home, making your living room beautiful and functional at the same time, providing lots of both hidden and exposed storage space for any needs. The wall unit collection is modular and consists of a variety of units that are available in different sizes, giving you an opportunity to customize the wall unit composition according your own dimensions, design ideas and functional requirements. All units are available in several sizes and even colors, so you could design the wall unit you really need! Shown in so popular Cherry finish with Off-White gloss lacquered fronts. Please contact our office regarding customization of this wall unit composition. The starting price is for the Wall Unit Composition as shown in the main picture. Dimensions: Wall Unit: W118" x D15"/23.6" x H85" TV Space: W53" x H27"