Breathing Room
This 1950s house on a downsloping site was 14 feet wide, boxcarlike, and offered no private outdoor space.
Architect-owner William Bocken came to the rescue with a remodel that reorganized the main floor and sandwiched it between a new front courtyard and a rear outdoor room overlooking the slope.
The result is a sheltered but almost seamless house that resembles an airy garden pavilion.