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Exposed CLT lines the ceiling and walls, and floor-to-ceiling glazing frames picturesque views of the surrounding forest and nearby waterfront.

Multiple Hytte cabins can be clustered together to create a village layout.

The 260-square-foot Hytte module features tall ceilings of up to nearly 12 feet. Multiple windows fill the interior with natural light and frame views of the outdoors.

Practice good hygiene (and get a mini spa treatment in the process) with these luxurious liquid hand soaps.

Amanda got rid of the mirrored wall and installed FLOS AIM Pendant Lights in the living room.

“I don’t paint landscapes when I’m here because I can’t compete with the natural beauty,” says Yael.

Beside a simple but spacious kitchen, the living area is meant to be warm and casual.

Rossi did not carry the dividing wall between the bedroom and living room all the way up to the ceiling, so as not to break up the treatment up there, instead designing the wall as a custom storage and display unit.

A full-height, double-glazed window lets ample light into the secondary bedroom.

The 1969 summer house needed a gut remodel—so Carisa Salerno and Aaron Levin rebuilt it piece by piece: “In the end, we feel like we built a sculpture, not a house.”

New cherry paneling and flooring throughout complements the original Douglas fir exposed beams.

“We listened carefully to the house, and tried to do what it needed,” Carisa says.

The steps and exterior are lined with Finnish brick; a mix of vertical and horizontal patterns add visual interest.

This thatch-roofed brick cottage in Nieby, Germany, was originally built by tenant farmers or crofters from a nearby estate in the late 1800s. It stands on a small triangular plot of land surrounded by barley fields and faces toward the Geltinger Birk nature reserve. The home’s street-facing facade was preserved and restored with only a minimal, black-steel dormer window belying the more substantial alterations which open onto the private rear yard. A subtle black-framed addition containing an oak-lined living space is tucked under the thatched roof and opens onto a sunken timber terrace while large picture windows are cut into the historic brick volume in areas which had been damaged from the previous additions.

The suburban backyard garage in Hertfordshire, England, that architect Olli Andrew of Hyper converted into a work studio is wrapped in charred larch wood pieces that give the impression of scales and foster biodiversity, providing a place for insects to nestle.

Quartzite kitchen island countertops and a wall of off-white ceramic tile between the doorways complement the space's walnut cabinetry and brass surfaces.