Montana Mountain Retreat
Montana, USA – Heritage Barns Heritage Restorations has built a business specializing in the sourcing, relocating and restoration of old barns. As you can see in this album, the results can be quite spectacular. These old barns often have the best quality timber frames made from old growth trees. With beautiful restorations like this, we should […]
Ultimate glamping?
Anywhere you choose  –  Nice Architects Slovakia Available late 2015 Size/Area/Volume:   2.55m x 4.45m x 2.25m / 10m3 / 22m3 Do you remember The Blob? No, not the movie, the home office dmvA Architects designed for the client refused building permission for a home office. Ecospace looks remarkably similar but it’s a wonderful example […]
Pole House
The Great Ocean Road  Victoria  Australia  –  F2 Architecture Great Ocean Road is one of the world’s great scenic destinations. Facing the Southern Ocean, Pole House seems to hover in mid-air, 40 metres above Fairhaven Beach. It was originally designed and built as a weekend retreat for a couple. It’s spacious for two, crowded for […]
Cliff Face House
Palm Beach, NSW Australia  – Fergus Scott Architects and Peter Stutchbury Architecture Project duration:   2007 – 2011 Completion:   2011 Photography:   Michael Nicholson Awards:   Winner 2012 AIA Wilkinson Award There are many ‘Palm Beaches” around the world, but I doubt that any can claim to have the extraordinary natural beauty of […]
Home in the Sand Dunes
Aquinnah MA  USA  –  Hutker Architects Built area:   2300 sf. (213 m2) Year built:   2008 Photographer:   Brian Vanden Brink This is a very nice example of a home that works with it’s environment rather than competing with it.  Situated in a town of just 311 people on the island of Martha’s […]
Big Sky Family Retreat
Montana  USA  –  Swaback partners Year built:   2012 If you’ve been dreaming of a cabin and wide open spaces, this may be as good as it gets. Compact but elegant, the high ceilings and sleeping loft help to create a feeling of space as big as the land on which it sits. The ‘lean-to’ kitchen […]
Bay Lake Cabin
Bay Lake, Minnesota – Albertsson Hansen Architecture, Ltd Year built:  1930’s Year renovated:   2013 Photography:  Scott Amundson It’s always a tough decision – demolish or rebuild. The plain truth is that it costs around twice the cost per square foot to renovate than it does to do a new build. But there […]
Brazilian Box Delivery
MaquinĂ©, RS, Brazil – MAPA Architects Year:   2013 Area:   27 sqm Photography:   Leonardo Finotti This is another example of the efficiencies of modular prefabrication. In this instance, the result is a ‘instant’ cabin in a relatively isolated location in Brazil. The modules were fully factory finished before being delivered and placed on […]
Cow eats house!
Costa da Morte, Spain – AntĂłn GarcĂa- Abril Date of Project: August 2006 End of Construction: February 2010 Built Area: 25 m² Photography: Roland Halbe This cabin must rank as one of the most innovative, yet easiest and cheapest to build, that we’ve ever seen. In fact, a cow named Paulina did most of the work! Named […]
Six Sides and an Eye
Ida-Viru County, Estonia – Jaanus Orgusaar Floor Area: 25 sqm Year: 2010 Photography: Jaanus Orgusaar and Terje Ugandi Click on any image to start lightbox display. Use your Esc key to close the lightbox.