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Winkelman Architecture delivers grown-up summer-camp vibes with this unassuming retreat on the coast of Maine.

The alley entrance is shaded by a cantilevered volume on the second floor. Turf-block pavers reduce runoff.

The home’s interior uses plasterboard ceilings, oak and limestone flooring, and pinto plywood walls.

The extension’s exterior walls and roof is wrapped in Scottish larch cladding.

Located off paved roads, across a river, and up a mountain, Pablo Pérez Palacios’s cabin in the Mexican wilderness has a rooftop terrace designed for entertaining.

The owner was motivated to build his own home to avoid a mortgage and to gain the know-how to undertake his own maintenance and repairs. “I was craving the personal challenge to cultivate a home for myself,” he says. “As it was the beginning of a new adventure, I wanted it to be personal. Also, practically speaking, if I built each piece of the home by hand, I would have a good sense of how to solve problems or improve it, without having to ask anyone else to journey through the forest, down the trail, and up the cliff to make an adjustment.”

Old Mac Floor Plan

“We did a lot of things for us that some clients are hesitant to do, like shou sugi ban. Our idea is that the house and materials will weather over time. They will change, but that’s part of the beauty of it,” says Maria. Here, the double wall lamps are by DCW Editions. Real Good Chairs in copper line by Blu Dot surround the wooden table by Ethnicraft.