Building around a Tree

"James MacKinnon wanted to add a bedroom to his modern glass-and-cedar house in the Hollywood hills of Los Angeles. There was only one problem: his wife at the time insisted that they save the 65-foot sycamore tree out back."

addition designed by
Mike Jacobs and Aaron Neubert
find the article here.
from the Home and Garden Gallery, NY Times.
Photography by Ethan Pines.