A Tiny Off-Grid Cabin in Remote Italy Is as Easy to Take Apart as It Was to Build

Llabb Architettura creates an experimental retreat made entirely of plywood in the mountain town of Tartago.

"Castagno," says architect Luca Scardulla emphatically, eyes shifting to teammate Federico Robbiano in search of the English translation. The two cofounders of Llabb Architettura, a firm based in Genoa, Italy, are describing the environment that surrounds a minimalist wooden structure they designed and built in nearby Tartago, Scardulla’s ancestral home.

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