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 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

Minimod by MAPA

Maquiné, 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!

Anton Garcia Trufa

Costa da Morte, Spain – Antón García- 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.

Ufogel – an Austrian UFO

Nussdorf, Austria – Peter Jungmann Floor Space: 45 sqm You can find this cabin in the East Tyrolian village of Nussdorf. Perched on a grassy slope, overlooking the village and the mountains beyond, it’s designed as vacation accommodation for four people. Built entirely from local larch – with the exception of the steel ‘feet’, the cabin is […]

Once a Log Cabin

Flims, Graubünden, Switzerland – Nickisch Sano Walder Architects Photography: Ralph Feiner, Gaudenz Danuser Floor Area: 40 sqm   Click on any image to start lightbox display. Use your Esc key to close the lightbox.

Locomotive 501 Ranch Trailer Home

South Texas  USA  –  Andrew Hinman Architecture Year built:     2012 Photography:    Paul Bardagjy Awards:     2013 AIA Austin Design Awards – Merit It’s always great to see innovation. Here’s a vintage Spartan trailer home converted to a cabin in a very relaxed and casual way. It would just as easily make a […]