The Backyard BI(h)OME is an ultra-modern, lightweight accessory dwelling unit that has the potential to meet Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti?s call for 100,000 new housing units by 2021. The BI(h)OME demonstrates --in its design, fabrication, occupation, and recycling, what sustainability means at a personal level. The BI(h)OME was initiated by UCLA?s CityLAB and designed by Kevin Daly Architects.

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Architects: Kevin Daly Architects · Office Profile

Location: Los Angeles, CA, USA

Architect In Charge: Kevin Daly, Peter Nguyen

Photographs: Nico Marques / Photekt · Photographer Profile

Concept Development And Executive Producer: cityLAB ? UCLA, Dana Cuff, Jonathan Crisman, Carla Salehian, Per-Johan Dahl
Structural Engineer: Workpoint Engineering, Ben Varela

Industrial Design: Kody Kellogg

Landscape Design: Therese Kelly

Biodiversity And Habitat: Jon Christensen, UCLA Inst of the Environment and Sustainability; Ursula Heise, English

Aud Student Team: Andrew Akins, Garth Britzman, Dee Chang, Katie Chuh, Ciro Dimson, Adrien Forney, Kara Moore, Dami Olufoweshe, Lyo Liu, Trenman Yao, Sarah Sibohan Johnson, Mark Lagola, Nawid Piracha

Project Fabricators: Julian Daly, Max Miller

Custom Carpentry And Woodwork: CA Constructio...