Architect Oliver Dang of Six Four Five A designed a 100-square-foot backyard studio for himself, connecting the workspace to family life and creating a securely fenced play area for his one-year-old toddler:
Photography by Ashlea Wessel courtesy of Six Four Five A.
![To create a unified look and frame greenery, a single material—cedar—was used to clad the studio, pave the deck, and on a horizontal-strip fence.](https://media.gardenista.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/garden-studio-outbuilding-arhlea-wessel-six-four-five-architecture-733x489.jpg)
![The studio also has a small deck, also constructed of cedar.](https://media.gardenista.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/garden-studio-outbuilding-fence-string-lights-ashlea-wessel-six-four-five-architecture-733x489.jpg)
![\2\20;The vaulted ceiling is designed to reflect the angle of the southern sun \2\1\1; allowing maximum sunlight into the studio,\2\2\1; says the architect.](https://media.gardenista.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/garden-studio-toronto-interior-six-four-five-architecture-ashlea-wessel-733x489.jpg)
![Twin skylights maximize sunlight from a southern exposure.](https://media.gardenista.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/garden-studio-toronto-skylights-six-four-five-architecture-ashlea-wessel-733x489.jpg)
![Good fences make good neighbors; the neighbors\2\17; backyards aren\2\17;t visible from the lawn.](https://media.gardenista.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/garden-studio-aerial-view-six-four-five-architecture-ashlea-wessel-733x509.jpg)
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