Hirsiset cabin Villa Valtanen is designed to Lapland´s fell landscape and was choosen the Log House of The Year 2012 in Finland. Villa Valtanen is designed by Oulu based architect (SAFA) Lauri Louekari and it is hidden in the wilderness of Lapland´s fell landscape. The building is divided in separate cabin, sauna and wood shed, joined by terrace…
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A group of 22 independent huts, many on light metal stilts, form a deconstructed home in Calling a Plan a Map by ON design partners. Located south of Tokyo, the house floor plan is viewed as a map that can be added to, or modified, over time. A permanent two-story structure houses the kitchen and living room, all the other parts can be moved, rearranged like furniture in a room…
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San Francisco-based architects SFOSL delivers projects ‘Moose Road Residence’ that are grounded in Scandinavian straightforwardness combined with the innovation and creativity inherent in Northern California. SFOSL operates with the conceptual approach that “The question is the answer”. Within each challenge is a simple solution, and each project strives to produce a simple answer to complex challenges…
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Posted in 3. Medium House - (201 sqm - 450 sqm),Architecture Award,ATMOSPHERE,Cabin / Hut,Countryside / Suburb House,DAYLIGHTING,Featured,Green & Sustainable House,GREEN AREA,Green Project,Harmony With The Context,Hill House,HISTORY & STORY OF THE BUILDING,House's Structural,Interior Award,Interior Space,INTERIORs SPACE,NATURAL VENTILATION,Prefabricated elements,Roof,Steel,Steel House,Studio,SUSTAINABILITY,Ventilation,Views,WoodenJanuary 25, 20132 comments
CCS Architecture completed The Middlebrook Studios, consisting of four new studios for The Djerassi Resident Artists Program. The property consists of over 582 acres of rolling hills, forests and meadows high in the coastal hills of Woodside, CA. The project was conceived as a memorial to Diane Middlebrook…
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Portuguese architect Luís Rebelo de Andrade designed the Eco Resort project in collaboration with Diogo Aguiar. These seven cabins are nestled amongst the trees of Parque de Pedras Salgadas, a park and spa located in northern Portugal, The resort is a set of seven small houses in perfect harmony with the surrounding nature exceptional…
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Posted in 1. Tiny House - (less than 51 sqm),Architecture Award,Art in Architecture,Cabin / Hut,Exterior Cladding & Materials,FACADE / SKIN,Green Project,Harmony With The Context,Lake House,MATERIALS USED,Metal Sheet,NATURAL VENTILATION,Ornaments & Details,Prefab House,Prefabricated elements,Public Facilities,Shelter / Pavilion / Kiosk,Site Environment,Travel,Ventilation,ViewPoint,Views,Wooden,Wooden HouseOctober 9, 2012No comments
Freya’s Cabin and Robin’s Hut are two of a pair of small buildings located on opposite sides of the Kielder Water along the Lakeside Way. The two buildings, are linked by the story of Freya & Robin, which tells a tale of the two characters who live by the lake and their efforts to meet up. Freya’s Cabin is a beautiful golden structure balanced in long golden stems and carved on the inside like a forest…
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Posted in 1. Tiny House - (less than 51 sqm),Cabin / Hut,Exterior Cladding & Materials,Featured,Forest House,Green & Sustainable House,Harmony With The Context,Holiday House,House Award,Lake House,Prefabricated elements,Roof,Site Environment,Terrace / Deck,Ventilation,Wooden,Wooden HouseSeptember 27, 20121 comment
This off-the-grid lakeside pavilion located in rural East Tennessee begins with a lightweight steel frame shop fitted with tabs to allow for the attachment of framing members. A secondary skin of 2×4 vertical cedar boards backed with insect screen allows for cross ventilation, its staggered blocking pattern camouflaging the structure within its densely wooded setting…
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