A co-founder of the firm Design, Bitches and her architect husband have completed the latest iteration of their family home in California, which features ample daylight and the "feeling of being in the trees".
The house belongs to architects Rebecca Rudolph, a principal at local studio Design, Bitches, and Colin Thompson, who works at Gensler. The married couple both graduated from SCI-Arc in 2000.
Atwater House is the home of Design, Bitches co-founder Rebecca Rudolph and her architect husband Colin Thompson
The same year, the couple bought a bungalow in LA's Atwater Village neighbourhood for around $150,000 (£11,711). The 500-square-foot (46-square-metre) house was rundown and sat on a long, slender barren lot.
Since that time, the house has gone through various renovations and additions, as the family has grown ? the couple now have two sons ? and their needs have evolved. Exterior walls are clad in fibre-cement panels
The current house totals 1,875 square feet (174 square metres) and also has a 275-square-foot (26-square-metre) detached office/pool house.
Much of the construction work has been done by Thompson, who is licensed as an architect and contractor.
The couple decided to replace the original building with a new, two-storey structure
In the early years, significant changes included the conversion of a garage into the standalone office in 2004 and the creation of an extension in 2006.
Years later, when the need for more space arose, the couple consider...