A449 converts Scottish cottage into writer's home with scorched larch cladding
Edinburgh practice A449 has adapted a "nondescript" mid-20th-century dwelling in the Scottish Borders to create a home with scenic views for a writer (+ slideshow). More
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Colorado architecture students design rugged micro cabins for Outward Bound
Architecture students from the University of Colorado Denver have built a series of rustic dwellings for an outdoor education school in the Rocky Mountains (+ slideshow). More
Scott and Scott completes mountainside cabin in Whistler for family of snowboarders
The A-frame exterior of this mountainside cabin in Whistler was designed by Canadian studio Scott and Scott to mimic neighbouring 1970s chalets. More
HGA perches cedar-clad cabins on a forested hillside in Minnesota
These wooden dwellings by HGA Architects and Engineers sit atop concrete piers on a sloping site in a Minnesota woodland (+ slideshow). More
Dark grey slates create diamond-patterned facades for Cabin Ryfylke in Norway
Slate shingles create a crisscrossing pattern across the outer walls of this cabin, which is set on an isolated island off the coast of Norway (+ slideshow). More
Movie: Alpine Shelter by OFIS and Harvard students airlifted onto Slovenia's Skuta Mountain
This movie by film studio Carniolus shows how the Slovenian army used a helicopter to airlift the various components of an Alpine cabin to its mountainside location. More
Timber cabins provide guest suites for Patagonia's remote Awasi Hotel
Chilean architect Felipe Assadi has built a series of wooden hotel cabins on a Chilean hillside, offering guests the chance to glimpse wild llamas, pumas and rheas in their natural habitat (+ slideshow). More
De Rosee Sa builds "strangely familiar" black cabin beside a lake in rural Belgium
Described by architecture studio De Rosee Sa as a "magical lakeside cabin", this small black hut in Belgium shares many characteristics with the witch's houses found in fairytales (+ movie). More
Muji launches trio of prefab minimal cabins by Morrison, Grcic and Fukasawa
Muji's set of ready-constructed huts were designed by Konstantin Grcic, Jasper Morrison and Naoto Fukasawa as minimal rural refuges for escaping the "hustle and bustle" of the city (+ slideshow). More
Faceted cedar cabin completed by Paul Bernier beside a lake in the Montreal woodland
The glazed living space of this cedar-clad cabin near Montreal projects over a woodland slope to optimise views of a nearby lake (+ slideshow). More
Arctic exploration cabins by Snorre Stinessen cantilever over the Norwegian shoreline
These glass and timber holiday cabins by Norwegian architect Snorre Stinessen overhang the coastline of Norway's Manshausen Island, providing a base for Arctic Circle explorers (+ slideshow). More
Perforated shutters provide light and ventilation for Moonlight Cabin by Jackson Clements Burrows
Australian architects Jackson Clements Burrows added perforated shutters to the exterior of this holiday cabin "like a Gore-Tex jacket", providing light and ventilation when closed (+ slideshow). More
Glass-walled boxes on stilts accommodate guests at Daniel Mayo's Vivood hotel
Guests at this hotel near the Spanish city of Alicante stay in prefabricated cabins, which are raised off the ground to reduce their impact on the rugged landscape and enable views over the adjacent valley (+ slideshow). More
Tiny timber cabin by Jarmund/Vigsnæs has windows incorporated in its angled facades
Norwegian studio Jarmund/Vigsnæs Architects has designed a small wooden cabin at the end of a garden in Oslo with an angular form that frames different views of its surroundings (+ slideshow). More
Slovenian mountain cabin by OFIS and Harvard students shelters climbers from extreme weather
Airlifted into position by the Slovenian army, this tiny Alpine shelter perches on a rocky outcrop below Skuta Mountain and can sleep up to eight mountaineers (+ slideshow). More
Blackened timber cabins by Cheshire Architects overlook the Tasman Sea
This pair of charred timber holiday homes by Cheshire Architects stand on the side of a hill in New Zealand that slopes down to the Tasman Sea (+ slideshow). More
University graduates design and build cabins on Navajo reservation in Utah
Graduate students of a Colorado university design-build programme have completed a pair of cabins on the Navajo reservation made of rusted steel and reclaimed barn wood (+ slideshow). More
Nozomi Nakabayashi creates writer's hut on stilts in the Dorset woods
Sheltered beneath an oversized roof, this tiny timber cabin by AA graduate Nozomi Nakabayashi stands on stilts among the oak trees of a wood in Dorset, England (+ slideshow). More
The Wild Thing is a "creature-like" cabin that stands tall above a Latvian wildflower meadow
The sides of this 4.5 metre-high stilted cabin lift open to offer inhabitants an uninterrupted view of the Latvian landscape (+ slideshow). More
Floating House by MOS Architects bobs on the surface of Lake Huron
A structure of steel pontoons allows this wooden cabin by New York studio MOS Architects to float on the surface of Lake Huron (+ slideshow). More