Casey Hughes Architects has renovated and extended a 1950s house in Los Angeles, adding a tall metal-clad volume featuring a pair of high windows.
Casey Hughes's locally based studio ? whose previous projects include a writer's house in north Hollywood ? modernised Shurkin Residence for a couple who work in the music industry, and their two young children.

The architects added a 300-square-foot (28-square-metre) extension to the old house, creating a new master bedroom suite that is separated from the existing building by a small, shaded garden.
"The addition was conceived as an independent volume to create a sanctuary for the owners while maintaining its connection to the rest of the house," said the architects.
"The bedroom is focused inwardly on a glazed shade garden and up toward the sky through two five-metre-tall lightwells, that create a sense of calm and reprieve."
This extension projects out into the garden and opens onto a concrete terrace. Its exterior is clad in metal panels, joined with standing seams that articulate its sharp, geometric shape.
The two peaks of the structure's folded form contain windows ? one facing north to draw in muted light throughout the day, and one facing west to capture evening light.
The roof extends in opposite directions from a central fold, resulting in a massing that appears different from various angles.

The project also involved the renovation of the existing 975-square-foot (90 square-metre) proper...