Windsor Square Garage Conversion

Creating a Guesthouse Retreat from an Underutilized Garage

Turning a garage into a comfortable home demands effort. To make the garage feel large enough, it would need to have flexible space with multiple functions, integrate the backyard with the interior, and create space for entertaining in a Southern California style.

Cleverly, the primary architect on the project, Meg Fain of Overarch, used the outdoor area as part of the house, taking advantage of sunny Los Angeles weather. With the extra outdoor space, she’d place larger furniture outside and it would still feel like part of the home.

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Integrated Interior and Exterior Design with FoldFlat

To create an indoor/outdoor living situation, the architect knew she needed a large opening glass wall. A folding wall system is better than sliding walls for creating unobstructed openings, but even that wasn’t enough. A conventional bi-folding wall obstructs some of the traffic movement because panels stack in the opening and extend into the space. In a project this space-sensitive even slight obstruction wouldn’t work and would harm the “flow” of the indoor/outdoor connection.

As a design professional that worked for other companies prior to the project, the architect was familiar with NanaWall Systems. When searching through the options of NanaWall systems, the architect and homeowners found their solution in a WD65 FoldFlat® system.

The FoldFlat system was created to solve the specific obstacle that the architect faced with the garage conversion: “maximizing every square inch of the property.” FoldFlat folds the opening panels flatly against the wall making the space completely unobstructed. People can walk in and out without having to avoid panels.

“I selected FoldFlat because it “suits the spatial constraints of this project with its unique ability to fold against the wall and completely integrate the exterior and interior environments.” — Meg Fain of Overarch

garage conversion in Los Angeles with NanaWall FoldFlat folding glass wall

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Palm Beach Cabana

With help of the SL73 Aluminum Framed Thermally Broken Hurricane Approved Folding System, this Palm Beach cabana offers homeowners a superb indoor/outdoor entertainment space.

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The Miami Studio

Located in the up and coming urban setting of Little River Miami, this multipurpose ADU, designed by Alberto Latorre Architecture Co., merges contemporary design with Greek Cycladic architecture and influences from architect Luis Barragán.

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"The weather in South Florida is notoriously intemperate. The cabana—with the assurance of its NanaWall opening glass wall—provides security from a passing thunderstorm."

— Kathleen Allen, Contractor

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