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The client here is an architect himself and Apple's Senior Design Director responsible for Apple Stores worldwide — he co-piloted the design with Geoffrey Warner, Alchemy's principal. The result is two minimalist, open-sided boxes set on horizontally banded, board-formed concrete plinths, nestled on the edge of gnarled oaks — almost exactly our own siting.

It's two modules: a 640 sqft main house (a centered whitewashed-oak bed platform, with kitchen-dining-living on one side and bath on the other) and a separate 330 sqft guest house. Steel frames, nine-foot sliding glass walls, ipe interiors and oiled-oak cabinetry; a dramatic 10×40 ft porch module cantilevers into the landscape. Built in Oregon and shipped 90% complete to Santa Rosa. Awards include the 2018 AIA National Small Projects Award and a 2019 Dezeen Award.

Why it fits

• Two modules ≈ our two ADUs — and the main-plus-guest split mirrors our "epic" + "tuck-away" pairing.
• Sited in the oaks, on concrete plinths — the same move we'd make on the north pad.
• Nine-foot floor-to-ceiling sliding glass and a big cantilevered deck/porch.
• Prefab speed: factory-built, shipped 90% complete — fast and clean on a remote site.
• It's Sonoma, and it's the firm we're already talking to.

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