Here, Type Five shares how its design process helped a family develop a backyard ADU. Tell us about the most exciting project ...

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Justin Mauldin, 40, who built an accessory dwelling unit in his Austin backyard. The interview has been edited for length and clarity.

In cities where ADUs have been allowed through zoning and policy changes, like Los Angeles and Seattle, thousands of tiny backyard homes ... s Graduate School of Design. “There are so many ...

The state has a reputation for high housing costs and bureaucracy in front of developers. But city planners hope a new online tool could help make it easier for residents to build smaller shelters.

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In the backyard of one of his rental homes ... The other 31 permits were for custom ADU designs. David Oxx, a longtime Fresno resident, elected to take advantage of the City of Fresno’s free ...

Samara’s Backyard is currently available ... spent the night in the display model to try out new design features. Gebbia also believes ADUs like these could help alleviate the Bay Area housing ...

A backyard ADU can cover no more than a third of the ... wouldn't really be viable from a design perspective," said Marcel Negret, the director of land-use planning at the Regional Plan ...

Justin Mauldin built an accessory dwelling unit, or ADU, in his Austin backyard for $41,500. Mauldin said the ADU office allows his family of four to live comfortably in a smaller home. The ADU also ...