Now, an eight-foot sliding door brings light into the kitchen and enables fluid movement between inside and out. The wider steps can serve as seats during a party, and they make for a graceful transition to the yard.
The pantry lines the wall to the right.
The en-suite bathroom has a large bathtub, shower, and pre-installation for a steam or sauna room.
Add credit Isokari comes with an optional sauna building, but if you don’t need a sauna, this structure can be transformed into two bedrooms with toilets. The Isokari ranges from between 818-square-feet to 1,227-square-feet.
Following the house-within-a-house concept, this playful playhouse-like addition features an all-plywood interior.
Modern Finnish Design Sauna Kyly by Avanto Architects
Bathroom with built-in sauna
sauna
A sauna that looks out to the lake.
A wood-burning stove from Harvia, of Finland, heats the sauna. The pavilion’s rough-cut pine walls are treated with tar, a preservative that yields a time-worn aesthetic.
Salminen chose flame birch for the cabinetry for its remarkable wavy wood grain.
On the second floor lies a timber wood sauna with two-level seating. “The sauna box itself was custom and pre-fabricated,” says Kampshoff.
A sauna is an optional feature. Cedar and concrete create a recurring visual theme from the exterior to the interior.
Simple, readily available materials were used throughout: wood-framed walls are sheathed in plywood or recycled boards, and doubled pairs of steel columns support beams that in turn support exposed roof structures.
Atop the kitchen and bathroom lies an additional sleeping quarter, directly under the sky above.
Atop the kitchen and bathroom lies an additional sleeping quarter, directly under the sky above.
A built-in ladder ascends to the elevated sleeping area.
Seamless transitions occur between spaces. A frosted glass window allows daylight to fall into the bath space, while also providing privacy.
The color scheme for the interiors are inspired by the color of a large boulder near the site.
Outside nooks provide storage for firewood.
Each cabin comes with a Morsoe wood-burning stove.
Photo by Leo Mieles
This 191-square-foot cabin near Vancouver and its glass facades "forces you to engage with the bigger landscape," architect Tom Kundig says, but it seals up tight when its owner is away. The unfinished steel cladding slides over the windows, turning it into a protected bunker. Read the full story here.
Cabin at Longbranch | Olson Kundig
Full-height case work includes a built-in desk, which can be concealed behind pocket hinge doors when not in use.
The upper floor wraps the main living space below, allowing for picturesque views from both levels of the home. Coffee bean tables by Holly Hunt sit atop a silk Tai Ping rust carpet, adjacent to a custom Living Divani Sofa.
A 15-ft tall steel, pivot entry door opens onto a combined art gallery and living space.
Positioned towards the north, raked ceilings and windows draw natural light into the living area, while eaves and awnings block the harsh summer sun.