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The timber-clad cabins at Find Sanctuary in Big Bear, California, were devised to help urban professionals manage stress anxiety.

Big Fir's roof shape mimics the incline of the site.

The bedroom is elevated around five meters above the forest floor, and the space beneath has—like the green roof—been given back to the Bushveld. “Naturally, this space is shadier than the surrounding forest, so it creates a different microclimate for different species to flourish in that area,” says architect Ant Vervoort. “It’s an area that we have cultivated.”

“We both really love to cook, but the kitchen was so small, only one of us could be in there at a time,” says Emma.

The open-plan living space has a soaring, double-height ceiling and a wall of glass with telescoping sliding doors that open to an inner courtyard. In the open kitchen, a large island is wrapped with beautiful Grigio Collemandia marble—there's also ample storage and a cozy built-in breakfast nook.