Collection by Marco Cuesta
Ten minutes from British Columbia’s prized Whistler and Blackcomb ski areas, this house is located on a small lot atop a hill. Embracing a vertical layout, the upper level is where the open living area, complete with sectional, wood-burning stove, marble island, and spacious dining table, is found. Through the floor-to-ceiling windows, the forest views are especially heady.
Black-framed windows and doors tie in with the black metal roof and dark chimney.
The exterior’s charcoal metal paint finish helps recede the cabin into the surroundings.
With an off-the-grid house on a remote mountain, architect Smiljan Radić rebuilds the past.
The home’s three low-lying rooflines subtly emerge from the landscape.
GreenSpur and McAllister Architects imagined a cabin sided with Cor-Ten steel, glass, and shou sugi ban–treated cedar for a wooded property outside of Washington, DC.
A tiny outbuilding offers a cozy living space inside a simple shell.
Instead of installing rooftop solar panels, Alqadi and his friend and partner in the venture, Hillary Flur, built a “solar tree” to provide energy.