Art Box — a backyard art object that adapts
Backyard art object · California

ART BOX

An art object for your backyard. Adapt the skin to your home — and the inside to your life.

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The idea

Not a shed. Not a kit. An art object that adapts.

One precise volume in your backyard — and two things you control. Wrap it in a finish that echoes your house, or one that stands apart. Then fit the inside to whatever your life needs this year.

Finish · the skin

Match your home. Or make a statement.

The same volume reads completely differently depending on its skin. Tap through six finishes — from warm rift oak to charred cedar to charcoal metal.

Antique Oak
warm rift-oak slats

The finish is a cladding package on a constant structure — so it can be specified to match an existing home, or changed down the line.

Scenario · the life

One box. Many lives.

The same open volume becomes whatever you need — a calm studio, a real home office, a private gym, a game-day room, or a poolside lounge.

Living & Guest
lounge · dining · fireplace

Each scenario is a fit-out package — millwork, fixtures, and tech sized to the use. Pick one to start; the volume can be re-fit later.

The floor plan

A complete one-bedroom in 650 sq ft.

An open living and dining room with a fireplace, a private bedroom, a full kitchen, and a walk-in bath — about 650 square feet inside a 25′9″ × 30′2″ footprint.

Art Box floor plan — 25′9″ × 30′2″
  • Living & diningopen · with fireplace
  • Bedroomprivate · king bed
  • Kitchenfull · DW + fridge
  • Full bathwalk-in shower
  • Conditioned area~650 sq ft

Footprint 25′-9″ × 30′-2″ · 1 bed · 1 bath · Plan as drawn; final layout subject to engineering and finishes.

On your lot

It settles into your backyard.

Every lot is different. The Art Box tucks into the rear yard behind your main house — deck and glazed corner opening to the garden. A few ways it can sit:

Art Box sited behind the main house
Path to the main houserear-center · paved walk
Art Box deck opening to the lawn
Deck to the gardenrear · opens to the lawn
Art Box sited to one side of the lot
Corner sitedto one side · open lawn
Art Box with a wrap-around deck
Wrap-around deckwalk-up · driveway access
What's included

Complete, then made yours.

Every Art Box arrives as a finished shell with systems in. You choose one finish and one scenario fit-out — and add options from there.

Shell & exterior

  • Flat-roof volume with timber-clad parapet
  • Full-height glazed corner + sliding doors
  • One finish package (oak · cedar · Equitone · metal · stucco)
  • Concrete terrace at the glazed corner

Interior & scenario

  • Open flexible volume, fit out to one scenario
  • Full kitchen & full bath
  • Integrated lighting & feature wall
  • Engineered floor & built-in storage

Systems

  • Mini-split heat-pump heating & cooling
  • Heat-pump water heater, fully electric
  • Solar-ready, built to California Title 24
  • Dedicated sub-panel
Starting price
$300,000
design, build & install
What shapes your price
  • Finish package
  • Scenario fit-out (office / gym / pool…)
  • Site, soil & foundation
  • Utility connections
  • Rooftop solar
  • Pool or landscape integration
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