Finding your home away from home
This small cabin is described by the architects as “essentially a wooden tent on a platform that opens to the forest and river”. It’s beautiful the way the cabin opens up – there’s very little barrier to the outside.
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This one is really interesting, because I grew up not far from Mazama. Really. Those sagebrush and pine tree dotted hillsides are very family – I might know exactly where that cabin is!
Anyway, back to the cabin… I like it. It’s a little obtrusive, but it looks like it’d survive the winters.
Link via Trendir
This small house is a little too boxy and contemporary for my tastes, but it still looks nice. And it has great windows!
Link via noticias arquitectura
I’m normally not a fan of cement in architecture – it feels very cold to me. But this place is nice – maybe it’s the harsh environment – but it feels strong and protective.
Link (via Contemporist)
You can tell by the title that I wasn’t exactly sure what to call this. To get to the house, you enter in a nearby barn and go through a tunnel. Seriously! It’s built into the hill to negate some of the lost energy from the cold Swiss winters, and the circular design is proportioned to maximize the view. Where there’s a will (and money) there’s a way. Astounding.
This house is a little too modern and harsh for my tastes, but there are some great aspects. For thing, it was built in a National Park in Spain, and thus there were strict environmental rules that needed to be followed. No trees were cut during construction, and the footprint of the house is actually very small. The structure is very simple, and the preponderance of windows makes the house seem much more natural than it looks from the outside. And the views are awesome!
Link (via The Cool Hunter)
