Llano – friends for life
Llano TX  USA  –  Matt Garcia Design Year Built:   2011 Built area:   350 sq ft  (32.4 m2) per unit Land area:   10 acres  (4 hectares) Photography:   Alex Stross Four couples, friends since college, had vacationed together every year as their respective families grew. Then, as ’empty nesters, […]
Over the bridge and thru the woods…
Burlington, Vermont – Joan Heaton Architects Site area:   14 acres (5.5 hectares) Built area:   65m2  (600sf) Completion Date:  2010 Photography:  Susan Teare Built on a remote site, this cabin is accessed by a long pedestrian bridge that spans the New Haven River. There is no paved access to the cabin with the nearest road ending […]
Well-balanced Pine Forest cabin
Seattle, Washington – Balance Associates Architects Built area:     850 square foot  (79 m2) Year built:   2013 Most of us want the best home we can afford. Nice suburb, good size, quality finishes. But should we be focussed on the same things if we’re building a cabin or any vacation retreat? Isn’t the whole purpose […]
The Three Bears Guest Cabin
Idaho  USA  –  Daryl Sieker Architecture Built area:  998 sq. ft.  (92.4 m2) Building system:   Post and beam This petite guest cabin sits 3,300 feet (1,000 metres) above the snow line and overlooks nearby Cougar Gulch and snow-capped Mount Spokane. It’s name derives from the three bears foraging on the site the day the […]
The Blob is coming…
Totally Mobile – dmvA Architecten Belgium Built Area: Â Â Â 20 m2 Â (216 sq ft) Project Year:Â Â Â 2009 Photography: Â Frederik Vercruysse The Challenge: The client, the principal of Xfactor Agencies, wanted a home office extension designed and built. Â The local planning authority refused consent despite various submissions covering a range of options. The Solution: […]
COTH… Cottage on the Hill
Michigan  USA – Zinta Aistars Lot size:   10 acres (2 hectares) Built area:  200 sq. ft. (18.5 m2) Year built:  Unknown Renovated:  2012/13 Standing on a hill in the woods of south-west Michigan is a whimsical cottage named COTH by its writer owner, Zinta Aistars.  Although the 10 acre property has […]
Bohemian Forest Retreat
Central Bohemian Region, Czech Republic – Uhlik Architekti Built area:Â Â Â 16 sqm Year built:Â Â Â 2013 Photography:Â Â Â Jan Kudej Have you got a favourite camping spot? Somewhere you can really escape from the day-to-day pressures of your life? Imagine having a permanent tent on that spot. A tent that you can lock […]
Chicken Point Cabin
Northern Idaho  USA – Olson Kundig Architects Photography:    Benjamin Benschneider Built:   2002 We find something very appealing about this cabin.  One the one hand, it offers all the comforts of home.  On the other, it ‘feels’ like a cabin should – a refuge a hundred kilometres from our work-a-day lives.  It somehow blends a […]