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While some of the design moves for the house were discovered along the way, Dorien had been dreaming of a blue bathroom for years.

The vertical, three-level cabin is compact in footprint, but maximizes every square foot.

The cabin is a glowing jewel at night on a hilltop on the remote Keats Island in British Columbia, Canada.

With no one around for miles, privacy screens and drapes aren't necessary. The room that houses the bathtub is open to the living room, and looks out onto the stunning forest landscape, too.

When the students’ time was up, Braithwaite’s team stepped in to finish the build.

created this spacious, spa-like washroom,” says Braithwaite.

The primary bath’s sink and floors were poured by hand.

Floor plan of B Cabin by Peter Braithwaite Studio

The primary bedroom features more white oak slats and sconces made by Braithwaite’s team.

Severino and Luna’s home features a thatched roof and built-in netted seating areas.

Designed by Mexico City architects Pablo Germenos Garcia and Ernesto Pérez Rea Juncá, and prefabricated off-site by their company Peregrino, each O-Frame uses cutouts, circular windows, and sliding curved walls to frame specific views. "Everyone has a tiny cabin,

Dwell’s managing editor, Jack Balderrama Morley, tested out the company’s latest model, nicknamed the O-Frame, a wooden prefab designed by architecture firm oioioi.

“There are a lot of cool and very beautiful cabins being designed, but they all look alike,” Pérez Rea Juncá says. “The generic wooden cabin—it’s always this natural-pine tone,” says Germenos Garcia. The O-Frame uses pine plywood for the walls and ceiling and uses treated pine planks for the floor, but it’s all stained in dark and earthy colors.

Bivacco Claudio Brédy, opened in 2021, is one of many huts in the region named after climbers who died while mountaineering. It was designed by BCW Collective and built by Chenevier, with consultation from Roberto Dini, an architecture professor and friend of Brédy’s, seen here with other friends and family. They gathered at the hut to remember Brédy’s life.

Even after removing a nib wall near the fridge, the previous kitchen was too small for the family's needs.

Now the kitchen feels generous and connected to the beautiful landscape outside with a big picture window over the sink and large bifold doors.

The couple removed a nib wall to open up the kitchen and dining area and improve the home's sense of flow.