Finding your home away from home
I’m normally not a huge fan of contemporary architecture. It can be cold and uninviting, a lot of the time. But this weekend house is wonderful! I especially the pool house (I guess that’s what that is!), and the way the entire bottom floor opens up to the property.
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We’ve featured tall watchtower-like cabins before, but this is the first one we’ve seen that’s four stories, and made almost entirely from wood. The steep slope that this ski home is built on makes the home feel like it’s two stories, though. And the generous (overly generous?) use of wood warms it up as well.
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Just an amazing view from this home, and a beautiful job of maximizing it. They’ve got a nice, big deck, huge windows, and massive doors that open to the outside. I love it!
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The 103-year-old Clingstone Mansion is perched on a rock in Rhode Island’s Narragansett Bay. With an amazing 360-degree view of the ocean from the home’s three floors, the home looks almost like a castle or evil lair!
This beautiful house located in Chaum, France has a number of appealing features. They did a great job of playing up the great views on the South and East, while blocking off the undesirable views to the North and West. No lot is perfect!
I also love the way they covered the decks – it looks like you could step outside and be in a nice, peaceful place, regardless of where you are.
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Now this is Northwest style. Lots of wood, windows, and a spectacular view of the water!
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You’re going to fall in love with this cabin, I guarantee it. It features unique architecture and engineering, straight from a fantasy. Truly unique and awesome, I love this design. LOVE!
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There are log cabins, and then there’s this. Once the shutters are closed, it looks exactly like a square pile of wood. But on the inside is a fully-furnished recording studio! It’s an amazingly crazy design.
I love the way these two cabins look on the outside, with a common area between the two. I’m not a big fan of the inside – it’s a little austere for my taste – but it’s an excellent way of having multiple families have common space, while still affording privacy when needed.
I love the look of these buildings – their smallish, but very solid. It makes me start thinking about the different ways you could have more than one building, while connecting them all with a central deck or common room.
Forest School Buildings (via Dezeen)
