This 1920’s neglected cottage on a wonderfully long thin strip in Los Angeles’ Lincoln Heights neighborhood was transformed in 2019 to be a plush pad with a gray water orchard.

Project Name: Tiny House
Studio Name: Spatial Affairs Bureau
Completion date: 2019
Location: Los Angeles, United States
Photography: Charmaine David

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Front View ©Charmaine David

At only 550 sq ft the approach is down the line of a super comfortable hotel suite that happens to be in its own surroundings.

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Kitchen ©Charmaine David

As with many of the Spatial Affairs projects, the spaces can flow seamlessly, or be closed up to create more discrete divisions with full-height pivot doors.

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Rear View ©Charmaine David

Carefully chosen window locations created framed views of the dramatic local landscape, whilst editing out some of the adjacent less poetic details. Spatial Affairs provided full design consultancy – architecture, interior, lighting, landscape.

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