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Cedar Street Residence, Tempe, Ariz.

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Cedar Street Residence, Tempe, Ariz.

  • This addition/renovation uses a detached live/work pavilion and garden walls to enclose a multipurpose outdoor living space.

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    This addition/renovation uses a detached live/work pavilion and garden walls to enclose a multipurpose outdoor living space.

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    Bill Timmerman

    This addition/renovation uses a detached live/work pavilion and garden walls to enclose a multipurpose outdoor living space.

  • The street elevation of the 1950s ranch retains much of its original character.

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    The street elevation of the 1950s ranch retains much of its original character.

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    Bill Timmerman

    The street elevation of the 1950s ranch retains much of its original character.

  • The garage??s rusted steel facing and door contrast with the smooth polycarbonate panels of the garden wall.

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    The garage??s rusted steel facing and door contrast with the smooth polycarbonate panels of the garden wall.

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    Bill Timmerman

    The garage's rusted steel facing and door contrast with the smooth polycarbonate panels of the garden wall.

  • The garden wall opens onto the hidden courtyard.

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    The garden wall opens onto the hidden courtyard.

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    Bill Timmerman

    The garden wall opens onto the hidden courtyard.

  • When lifted, the live/work pavilion??s operable polycarbonate awning becomes a giant lantern.

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    When lifted, the live/work pavilion??s operable polycarbonate awning becomes a giant lantern.

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    Bill Timmerman

    When lifted, the live/work pavilion's operable polycarbonate awning becomes a giant lantern.

  • The operable awning in its lifted position.

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    The operable awning in its lifted position.

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    The operable awning in its lifted position.

  • The operable awning in its lowered position.

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    The operable awning in its lowered position.

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    The operable awning in its lowered position.

  • The live/work pavilion houses the owners?? three-person architecture studio.

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    The live/work pavilion houses the owners?? three-person architecture studio.

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    The live/work pavilion houses the owners' three-person architecture studio.

  • Wheeled millwork components move to create a variety of indoor configurations. Here a wardrobe shifts to incorporate a bedroom into the playroom of the remodeled ranch house.

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    Wheeled millwork components move to create a variety of indoor configurations. Here a wardrobe shifts to incorporate a bedroom into the playroom of the remodeled ranch house.

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    Bill Timmerman

    Wheeled millwork components move to create a variety of indoor configurations. Here a wardrobe shifts to incorporate a bedroom into the playroom of the remodeled ranch house.

  • The master bedroom. Apart from the garage, the original ranch house now is devoted exclusively to private spaces.

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    The master bedroom. Apart from the garage, the original ranch house now is devoted exclusively to private spaces.

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    Bill Timmerman

    The master bedroom. Apart from the garage, the original ranch house now is devoted exclusively to private spaces.

  • The floor plan.

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    The floor plan.

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    The floor plan.

  • A detail of the operable awning.

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    A detail of the operable awning.

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    Courtesy colab studio

    A detail of the operable awning.

This addition to a 1950s ranch house encloses more space outdoors than indoors. Devoting the existing structure to a garage, four bedrooms, and a playroom, architects and owners Maria Salenger and Matthew Salenger designed a separate kitchen/living/dining structure that also is the studio for their three-person firm. Joined by covered walkways and polycarbonate-clad garden walls, the two buildings frame a green courtyard that serves as a flexible outdoor living room. The configuration is novel in this suburban milieu, but the Salengers’ execution and detailing—make it eminently practical.

Light rusted steel columns support polycarbonate roofs for protection from the Arizona sun, while an operable polycarbonate awning controls south light at the kitchen/office structure. Reflective surfaces make the courtyard seem even larger than it is. Interiors are bone simple, divided largely with movable millwork “boxes” that easily are shifted to reconfigure spaces. “Sometimes we need just two

Entrant/Architect: colab studio, Tempe, Ariz.; General contractor: Build Inc., Phoenix; Living space: 2,222 square feet; Site: 0.25 acre; Construction cost: Withheld; Photographer: Bill Timmerman.

Product details

Bathroom and kitchen cabinets: IKEA, www.ikea.com; Bathroom fittings and fixtures: IKEA, www.ikea.com, Kohler, www.kohler.com; Cooktop: Jenn-Air, www.jennair.com; Dishwasher: Bosch, www.bosch.com; Doors, skylights, and windows: Arcadia, www.arcadiainc.com; Flooring (ceramic tile, stone, or concrete): Solomon, www.solomoncolors.com; Garbage disposer: Waste King, www.waste-king.com; HVAC equipment: Trane, www.trane.com; Kitchen fittings: Grohe, www.grohe.com; Kitchen fixtures: Franke, www.franke.com;Lighting fixtures: Bega, www.bega-us.com; Oven: Kenmore, www.kenmore.com; Paints/stains/wall finishes: Sherwin-Williams, www.sherwin-williams.com; Refrigerator: Whirlpool, www.whirlpool.com; Roofing: Sprayfoam Southwest, www.roofingsouthwest.com; Translucent wall/roof panels: PALRAM, www.palram.com