Eco-friendly modern ADU featuring rooftop solar panels, rainwater collection barrel, wood decking, and drought-tolerant landscaping

Sustainable & Eco-Friendly ADU Design Guide

A sustainable ADU is a secondary dwelling built to minimize environmental impact through efficient materials, water

Hillside construction site illustrating ADU foundation options: contrasting a flat poured concrete slab with an elevated pier-and-beam system on concrete footings, complete with rolled schematics and a soil sample jar.

ADU Foundation Types: Slab vs Raised vs Pier

I’ve walked enough California building sites to say this plainly: the foundation you pick for your

Architect's wooden drafting table displaying detailed ADU floor plan blueprints, an aluminum triangular scale ruler, a set of drafting pencils, rolled white and blue print sets tied with twine, material finish swatches, and a potted succulent next to a bookshelf.

ADU Floor Plans: 1, 2 & 3-Bedroom Layouts by Size

An ADU floor plan is the layout that determines how many bedrooms fit inside a given