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This Mod_Tiny prefab was customized to include an overhang, which expands the unit’s gathering spaces to the outdoors.

Floor Plan of Beaver Creek Cabin by Outside Architecture

A modest kitchen is tucked at one end of the great room, illuminated not only by two walls of glass but a pair of skylights above.

The cabin]s elevated entrance path winds between existing trees.

Local carpenters were employed to build the home.

Walls of Thermopane windows allow for a sunny interior while providing superior insulation against colder temperatures.

The interior measures 1,290 square feet, with three bedrooms, two bathrooms, and an open living-kitchen area.

The concrete-and-steel home by Faulkner Architects gives one family a refined escape in the mountains of Northern California.

U.K. design firm Koto’s proof of concept for their new venture in architect-designed modular residences is in North Uist, an island in the remote Outer Hebrides of Scotland. The roughly 2,200-square-foot, four-bedroom home carries the company’s characteristic sculptural forms, jet-black yakisugi cladding, and Japandi aesthetic.