Housing solutions: Accessory dwelling units

Housing solutions: Accessory dwelling units

The “Writer’s Cottage,” an 100-square-foot ADU Geoffrey White has on his property. —Sarah Shaw Dawson On a windy day this August, architect Geoffrey White strolled to a 100-square-foot accessory dwelling unit (ADU) he had built near his home in West Tisbury. He’d designed the small building as a livable “garden shed” back in 1995. It’s a small structure, with a white wooden desk, a bike, and a lofted area for a bed; he calls it the “Writer’s Cot…