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An emergency cabin features in today's Dezeen Weekly newsletter
The latest edition of our Dezeen Weekly newsletter features an emergency cabin perched on the Dolomite Mountains in Italy. More
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Dezeen's top 10 cabins of 2021
Ever have the urge to get away from it all and retreat to a cosy cabin somewhere quiet and remote? In the second roundup of our review of 2021, we pick out 10 of the best cabins on Dezeen this year, including a metal tube in Russia and a house on stilts in the Brazilian forest. More
Zinc-clad hikers' cabin perches on a cliff edge in the Dolomites
Architecture practice Demogo has perched a small cabin on the dramatic Marmarole mountain range in Northern Italy's Dolomites, with a full-height window that gives the impression of almost falling over the edge of a cliff. More
Iragüen Viñuela Arquitectos completes Chilean ski cabin atop reused foundations
Iragüen Viñuela Arquitectos has reused the foundations of a previous building project for this holiday home in Chile, which can accommodate up to 12 guests. More
The Filmmaker's Hut is a "mystical" black cabin overlooking a Finnish lake
Tar-coated wooden shingles cover the walls and roof of this small cabin, which architecture office Pirinen & Salo designed as a studio for a filmmaker on a wooded site beside lake Porovesi in Finland. More
Béres Architects hides cabin on stilts in a Hungarian forest
This cabin in the Alpokalja forest near Kőszeg, Hungary, was entirely built on stilts as an isolated getaway that would harmoniously integrate with the surrounding trees. More
Open AD designs spa in Latvia with Corten-clad cabins
Latvian architecture studio Open AD has completed the Ziedlejas Spa and Wellness Resort in the town of Sigulda, featuring a cluster of Corten steel and glass cabins dotted across a sloping site overlooking a pond. More
Bourgeois Lechasseur completes pair of prefabricated glamping cabins in Quebec
Quebec architecture firm Bourgeois Lechasseur has included full-height mirrored walls in these secluded cabins to reflect the surrounding forest. More
Cedar cottage outside Montreal by Ravi Handa maximises its compact footprint
The primary bedroom overlooks a double-height living space in this wooden cottage by Montreal-based architect Ravi Handa, making the compact home feel much larger than its size. More
Nine wooden cabins from Lake Annecy Cabin Festival
Festival organiser Philippe Burguet picks nine of his favourite wooden structures from this year's Cabin Festival, including a Japanese-style cabin and a playful teepee-shaped cabin with a swinging hammock. More
Woven screens cover cabin in Colombia by Santiago Pradilla + Zuloark
A facade of woven wood screens filters light and air into this timber-framed home in Colombia, designed by architect Santiago Pradilla with architecture collective Zuloark as a prototype for more sustainable, local forms of construction. More
Garrison Architects completes modernist Catskills retreat with 24 elevated cabins
Prefabricated wooden cabins perched on stilts surround a central lodge at this 50-acre cabin resort in the Catskill Mountains designed by Brooklyn firm Garrison Architects. More
Tubular holiday home cantilevers over hill in Russian art park
Moscow's chief architect Sergey Kuznetsov has completed a pipe-shaped cabin, constructed like the hull of a ship and balanced on the edge of a slope in Russia's Nikola-Lenivets Art Park. More
Mudd Architects snakes wavy bookshelf up to roof of Spanish writer's cabin
A towering, floor-to-ceiling bookshelf made from 100 pieces of CNC-cut pine creeps up one side of this writer's cabin in the north of Madrid by Mudd Architects. More
Studio Avoid designs Grotto Retreat Xiyaotou to evoke ancient cave dwellings
Studio Avoid has completed a retreat in China's Hebei province comprising a series of cave-like brick-clad pods connected by a raised walkway. More
Holiday Home by Orange Architects is a timber-clad cabin with a flexible interior
Dutch office Orange Architects has completed a compact holiday home on the island of Texel in the Netherlands, featuring an interior that adapts to its occupants' changing needs throughout the day. More
Marc Thorpe designs off-grid cabin retreat in the Romanian mountains
Architect Marc Thorpe has revealed designs for a cabin hotel in Romania, featuring off-grid wooden lodges informed by rural vernacular architecture. More
Ten cosy cabin bedrooms that are immersed in nature
A bedroom built around a living tree and a sleeping area placed beside an openable polycarbonate wall are among ten cabin bedrooms selected from the Dezeen archive for our latest lookbook. More
The Author's House is a copper-clad cabin in a Danish forest
A lakeside forest on the outskirts of Aarhus, Denmark, is the setting for this copper-clad writer's cabin designed by architecture and landscape office Sleth. More
Sanders Pace designs Loghaven artist campus in a Tennessee forest
American firm Sanders Pace Architecture has designed new buildings and renovated historic log cabins for the Loghaven Artist Residency tucked away in the woods of Tennessee. More