White oak floors, new windows, and a honed Brazilian Soapstone fireplace are a modern refresh.
At the Malinalco Rojkind Wander Cabins, three different floor plans exist, offering options for different abilities and group sizes.
Bivacco Mamo Comotti, designed by Massimo Dufour and built by Chenevier, opened in 2015 and sleeps six. It features a wood interior with steel cladding, and its modules were helicoptered into place and erected on-site in three days.
The author and BCW architect Skye Sturm, with Skye’s husband and two local hikers, sit at the picture window at the front of Bivacco Brédy. Skye and architects Facundo Arboit and Chiara Tessarollo designed the bivacco. Located next to the Laghi di Dziule, it sleeps six in about 130 square feet and has a solar panel to recharge mobile phones.
Bivacco Claudio Brédy, opened in 2021, is one of many huts in the region named after climbers who died while mountaineering. It was designed by BCW Collective and built by Chenevier, with consultation from Roberto Dini, an architecture professor and friend of Brédy’s, seen here with other friends and family. They gathered at the hut to remember Brédy’s life.
In the 1940s, the Italian Alpine Club popularized the Apollonio, a metal shed arrayed with guy wires. The structure, named for the engineer who designed it, was tiny but could sleep up to 12. It remained the standard alpine hut for 40 years, and dozens are still in use. Leap Factory’s Stefano Girodo, who worked on Gervasutti, pictured here, calls it “a masterpiece of industrial design.”
The one-bedroom layout of Living Vehicle's main typology is capable of sleeping up to six people if furniture in the main room is reconfigured and an additional lofted bed is lowered down from the ceiling. The company also offers other configurations and layouts for the bedroom.
Prefabricated and stackable, Kasita's high-density units may be a solution to America’s affordable housing crisis—with tech-enabled, high-quality design to boot.
Although the deck and steps aren't included as part of the package, The Goose by Tiny Heirloom does provide multiple options for adding additional space, including additional lofted bedrooms and skylights.
Different floor plans feature alternate ways to lay out the bedroom, bathroom, kitchenette, and living room depending on what the owner wants to emphasize—living space, cooking space, or the sleeping area.