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LOS ANGELES, CA., JUNE 06, 2021 - Pastor Lee Alvarado, 9, Ct, and Kika Mei Alvarado, 4, running on the boardwalk-like towards the ADU of Pastor Alvarado, Rt, and Gennifer Leong-Alvarado in Atwater. The couple, who live in the small house with their two kids, use the ADU as an office, and a place for their visiting parents to stay. Pastor, a producer, says he feels like he is going to the office when he leaves the house - via a wooden path that looks and feels a boardwalk. The ADU was designed by Rebecca Rudolph, co-founder of "Design, Bitches." (Photo by Ricardo DeAratanha/Los Angeles Times)

Is your ADU housing L.A. residents displaced by the recent fires? We want to hear about it

For a future article, we are looking for stories about how ADUs are helping Angelenos who lost their homes in the recent wildfires.

A 1962 Midcentury Modern home in Palm Springs at dusk

Dazzling Midcentury Modern homes you don’t want to miss at Palm Springs’ Modernism Week

SILVER LAKE, CA - NOVEMBER 30, 2024 - - Homeowners Dr. Pascal Dabel, right, gives his son Lucien, 3, a kiss while spending time with his wife Marina and son Lorenzo, 7, in front of Textile House #1, an ADU they had built in Silver Lake on November 30, 2024. The ADU was designed by Nwankpa Design, led by Nigerian American architect Susan Nwankpa Gillespie. The 1,182 square foot two story ADU - formerly a two car garage - is inspired by Ewe/Kente weaving, with part of the facade resembling a cloth's warp and weft structure. The Dabel's wanted to build an ADU that functions as an extension of the yard on the lower level to provide more space for indoor/outdoor living and family time with their two young sons. They also wanted the flexibility to use the ADU as a play area and home office. The ADU also features a 281 square foot roof deck on the second floor. (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times)
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A two-car L.A. garage gets a surprising makeover as a West African-inspired ADU

Sherman Oaks, CA - January 11, 2025: Fiona in her backyard with a loom that she made with her father at her home in Sherman Oaks on Saturday, January, 11, 2025.(Amanda Villegas / For The Times)

For this neurodivergent fiber artist, weaving is the one thing that calms her mind

ALTADENA, CA, JANUARY 9, 2025: People stop to take in the scene of burned down businesses along Lake Avenue in Altadena on Thursday, January 9, 2025. (Christina House / Los Angeles Times)

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Lizabeth Altounian stands inside her Japanese ADU in South Pasadena

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Before and after: A South Pasadena garage is now a serene Kyoto-style ADU

Working with Japanese American woodworker Toshi Kawabata of Barrban Woodworks, Lizabeth Altounian realized her dream of living in a Kyoto-style dwelling, on a small scale.

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