Design and Architecture
Backyard homes, John Parkinson
Is the solution to LA's housing crisis in our backyards? DnA visits a Highland Park couple that worked with the city on test-building an ADU, or accessory dwelling unit. Did it pencil out, and can ADUs be a new frontier for design innovation?
By Frances Anderton • • 28m ListenTrent Wolbe and Grace Lee are part of a pilot project to build an ADU in their backyard in Highland Park. Photo by Frances Anderton.
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Los Angeles needs to build more housing. Many Angelenos need help paying the mortgage. Is the solution to both in our backyards? “Your house can have a baby.
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Buildings in downtown are climbing up, and up. So it’s hard to remember that 90 years ago City Hall towered over the Southland.
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