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 […]
STF Kolarbyn/Eco-lodge
Skinnskatteberg, Sweden – STF Kolarbyn/Eco-lodge Re-established in the Winter:  1996 Photography:  Skogens Konung and Claudia Deglau The word “hotel” doesn’t have to mean lots of fixed glass, endless corridors and air-conditioning. If you want to escape all of those trappings and the city, Sweden’s most primitive hotel will appeal. The “rooms” were built by locals using timber, […]
The C3 Cabin
Washington, USA – Vandeventer + Carlander Architects Built Area:   352 sq. ft + loft area of 128 sq ft  (33 m2 + 12 m2) Photography: Steve Keating Down a long, winding driveway, curtained by dense evergreens lies the site for this cabin. Set on a high, waterfront bluff with great views across the Saratoga Passage to […]
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 […]