Cantilevered boxes form lakeside Minnesota cabin by Salmela Architect
This rustic dwelling by American studio Salmela Architect consists of stacked boxes with dark grey wood walls and white-trimmed windows. More
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Colorado architecture students build micro cabins clad in sheets of hot-rolled steel
Students at the University of Colorado Denver have designed and built a series of rustic dwellings for a base camp operated by an outdoor education program. More
Black beachfront cabin in Canada contains expansive white interior
Living spaces are enclosed in a plywood box nested inside an expansive gabled volume in this Canadian lakeside property by La Shed Architecture. More
Lund Hagem's blackened timber cabin designed to withstand Norway's harsh winters
Oslo studio Lund Hagem has completed a holiday cabin on a Norwegian ski resort, featuring a blackened timber and concrete elevations that hunker down to protect it from the winter weather. More
Atelier l'Abri designs Canadian cabin for carpenter to build himself
A young carpenter who wished to build his own residence was the client for this modest project by Atelier l'Abri, located in Quebec's Eastern Townships. More
Elongated cabins by Kamvari Architects to be built along Trans-Siberian Railway
Kamvari Architects has won a contest to design pit stops along the world's longest railway line, by proposing a series of wooden cabins that look like elephants' trunks. More
Raumhochrosen's woodland cabin in Austria provides respite for a life coach
Austrian architecture studio Raumhochrosen designed this compact timber cabin as a wilderness retreat for a life coach and songwriter. More
Flat-packed cabin concept allows tiny houses to be assembled like IKEA furniture
A Vancouver-based startup's conceptual design for flat-packed recreational cabins would allow users to build for themselves, making the wilderness more readily accessible. More
Weathering-steel volumes wrap courtyard at Washington holiday home
This vacation home in Washington state by Prentiss Balance Wickline encloses a courtyard within interlocking volumes clad in weathering steel. More
MW Works uses weathered cedar and glass to build waterside Washington retreat
US firm MW Works Architecture + Design has created a holiday home with ample glazing and natural materials, helping it blend with its picturesque surroundings. More
Precarious Alpine cabin by OFIS offers shelter to Slovenian climbers
This tiny aluminium-clad cabin by Slovenian studio OFIS Arhitekti cantilevers over the edge of a mountain on the Slovenian-Italian border. More
10 of the best cabins in the Canadian woods
The US election result has driven some Americans to search for a way out across the northern border – so many that the website for Canadian Immigration has been crashing from demand. For those keeping that daydream alive, here are ten cabins in Canada that would be perfect to escape to. More
Agathom builds artist's cabin in dense British Columbia forest
A+Awards: next in our showcase of this year's Architizer A+Awards winners is a wooden artist's retreat on Vancouver Island by Toronto firm Agathom. More
Snøhetta's charred-timber treehouse is the next addition to Sweden's Treehotel
This charred-timber cabin by Snøhetta will be raised 10 metres above the forest floor and feature a "stargazing net" to allow guests to watch out for the Northern Lights. More
Reiulf Ramstad designs angular wooden cabins for a Norwegian valley
These atmospheric renderings reveal designs by Oslo-based Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter for a pair of angular holiday cabins in the Norwegian countryside. More
Glass and dark-wood house offers panoramic views of Swedish countryside
A broad roof overhangs the glass walls of this small woodland house that Krupinski/Krupinska Arkitekter has built on the Stockholm archipelago. More
Dynia pairs wood with weathering steel for Colorado mountain residence
US firm Dynia Architects has completed a home in the mountain town of Boulder, Colorado, where the main living spaces are separated with thick partitions of Corten steel. More
Rural Montana cabin is built on a granite cliff over Flathead Lake
Texas firm Andersson-Wise has completed a rustic wooden cabin in the state of Montana that is raised on stilts to provide views of a nearby lake. More
Stilted cabin is raised among the treetops on the Stockholm archipelago
Swedish studio Arrhov Frick Arkitektkontor has used slender stilts to elevate this timber-framed cabin into the treetops on an island in the Stockholm archipelago. More
YH2 clads Quebec holiday home for a sculptor in red cedar and blackened pine
Montreal studio YH2 has completed a retreat for Polish-Canadian sculptor Jacek Jarnuszkiewicz, with a vertical form that takes cues from the surrounding forest (+ slideshow). More