This addition to a 1920s grambrel-style cottage house adds studio space and an open bedroom suite for the two working artist residents. The gestural massing and the composition of opaque and transparent wall planes bias the interiors' relationships to greenspace and the horizon to the South and West, and away from the activity of nearby neighbors and car traffic to the North and East.

Prompted by successful outdoor celebrations of Cinco de Mayo in 2015 and 2016, a permanent seasonal outdoor service area has been...