Cabin

Those costs were partially recouped by using knotted pine planks for the exterior.

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.

In the shadow of the newly renamed mountain Denali, amid Alaska’s meadows and icy streams, a former teacher and a four-time Iditarod winner built a modernist cabin as expansive as the Last Frontier.

A Rolling Hut. Photo by Tim Bies, Olson Kundig Architects.

The Isidore cabin sleeps four.

Giving users a taste of the tiny house movement, one startup offers compact cabins for short stays.

Located about 12.5 miles outside Cortina d'Ampezzo, guests arrive via snowshoes or snowmobile.

Tall Cabin in Vermont

De Kiekkaaste bird lookout in Provincie Groningen, Netherlands.

Floating cabin in Gloucester, Massachusetts.

Jim Olson's #cabin at Longbranch Washington #olsonkundig

Girodo describes LEAPfactory’s architecture as being “molded according to the needs and stresses imposed by context.” In this setting, strong winds and snow loads are serious concerns. The shell’s composite sandwich panels and aluminum shingles ensure that the school can withstand the elements.