Littow Architectes creates collection of off-grid cabins on Helsinki archipelago
Paris-based Littow Architectes has designed a group off-grid holiday homes on the coast in the Helsinki archipelago, Finland. More
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Atelier Heyman Hamilton revives 1970s summer house in the Swedish archipelago
Architecture studio Atelier Heyman Hamilton has renovated and expanded Torö, a holiday home on an island with the same name in Sweden, focusing on "the meeting between the building and the site". More
Toledano + Architects adds wavy mezzanine to compact Biarritz apartment
French firm Toledano + Architects has renovated an apartment in the seaside town of Biarritz, adding a raised sleeping area that looks out towards the nearby lighthouse through a large bay window. More
Wraxall Yard by Clementine Blakemore Architects wins Stephen Lawrence Prize 2024
A 19th-century dairy farm ruin converted into holiday accommodation by London-based studio Clementine Blakemore Architects has been awarded this year's RIBA Stephen Lawrence Prize. More
Cowper Griffith Architects creates contemporary holiday home in medieval hall
UK studio Cowper Griffith Architects has combined the medieval fabric of the 14th-century Calverley Old Hall in West Yorkshire, England, with contemporary additions to create a holiday home for the Landmark Trust charity. More
Wraxall Yard designed as "attractive, comfortable, fully inclusive holiday accommodation"
This video spotlights the Wraxall Yard holiday accommodation by Clementine Blakemore Architects, which is one of six projects shortlisted for this year's RIBA Stirling Prize. More
Dezeen Debate features "a windowless storage unit with no charm"
The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features a holiday lodge in New Zealand by DCA Architects of Transformation. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. More
Stealth aircraft inform Stay Under the Radar retreat in the Netherlands
The angular matte-black forms of stealth aircraft informed the appearance of this holiday home on a former military base in the Netherlands, completed by local studios Sander van Schaik and Robert-Jan de Kort Architectuur. More
Translucent skin wraps "house within a house" in rural New Zealand
Local studio DCA Architects of Transformation has wrapped a translucent skin of corrugated polycarbonate panels around this holiday lodge in New Zealand. More
Naturehumaine perches stilted "micro chalet" within Canadian woodland
Large windows create the feeling of sitting in a tree canopy at La Cime, a timber-clad holiday cabin that Canadian studio Naturehumaine has created in woodland in Lanaudière, Québec. More
Kapsimalis Architects converts wine cellar into cavernous summer house
Greek studio Kapsimalis Architects has converted a 19th-century wine cellar into a cavernous holiday home on the island of Santorini in Greece. More
Walker Warner Architects includes recycled-plastic thatch in Hawaii hut resort
Winding pathways and thatched roofs made of recycled plastic are among the features at the Kona Village resort in Hawaii, which Walker Warner Architects designed to replace a 1960s hotel destroyed by a tsunami. More
Snøhetta designs sweeping holiday home for foothills of Mount Yōtei
A crescent-shaped volume will enclose this holiday home, which architecture studio Snøhetta has designed for hospitality brand Not A Hotel in a ski resort on Hokkaido Island, Japan. More
Paradis Apartment offers design-led stays in Belgian seaside town
The founders of design PR agency Club Paradis have transformed an apartment in Ostend, Belgium, into a design-led vacation home where almost everything is for sale. More
Geological formations shape design of Wyoming house by Lever Architecture
Weathering steel and accoya wood wrap the exterior of the Alta House, which was created by US studio Lever Architecture to embrace the "sublime mountain landscape". More
Doriza Design transforms stone building into "imperfect" holiday home in Crete
Greek studio Doriza Design has converted a 19th-century stone building into Drakoni House, a holiday home in Crete with purposefully rough and imperfect details. More
Studio Vio surrounds concrete holiday home in Vietnam with lush gardens
Architecture practice Studio Vio has blended contemporary materials with traditional crafts and lush gardens at De Hue Space, a holiday home in Hue, Vietnam. More
Peach-coloured walls enliven Goan holiday homes by Jugal Mistri Architects
Peach-toned walls and arched openings define Baia Villas, a set of six holiday homes in Goa that Mumbai studio Jugal Mistri Architects has designed to evoke local vernacular. More
Hawaii house by Walker Warner Architects designed to be "elegant but spare"
American studio Walker Warner Architects has completed Hale Kiawe, a family retreat with simple, gabled forms that are set within an undulating landscape dotted with chunky lava rocks. More
Mole Architects creates barn-like holiday home within Suffolk farmyard
British studio Mole Architects has created Alde Valley Barn, a brick-clad holiday home on a farmyard in Suffolk that dates back to the 17th century. More