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The sleek, wood-clad downstairs bedroom includes built-in bunk beds.

The A frame house plans include set-up for a wood or gas stove.

The Bunk Cabin's design includes floor-to-ceiling windows to bring the outdoors in.

In the Bunk Cabin's lofted area sleeps two.

The Bunk Cabin's mini kitchen is designed for 24-inch cabinets.

A ladder leads from the open first floor to the lofted sleeping area in Den's Bunk Cabin.

Den's A frame house is designed with 1,000 square feet of living space.

The open-concept living space includes a small kitchen, living area and dining area.

Patrice and Darrel Maxam opened Finger Lakes Treehouse in July 2023 on a site of family significance in Sodus, New York. The pair, who already operate seven DIY Airbnb rentals on their woodland property in Atlanta, plan to build “20 tree house Airbnb hotels” as part of their growing Maxam Hotels brand—all of them A-frames.

The one-bedroom A-frames are connected by a 350-foot walkway along the backside of the cabins. Each unit has access to a private hot tub.

Inside, the one-bedroom cabins include kitchenettes and a neutral palette. The site also offers a communal sauna, a pickleball court, and bike rentals.

1456 Sunset Plaza Drive, just a few turns up from Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood. The front facade is dominated by a double carport, which Neutra designed with floor-to-ceiling glass along two sides facing the interior.

Earning the nickname

Upon purchasing a 10-acre plot surrounded by a cluster of boulders, a couple wrote a handwritten letter to architect Kendrick Bangs Kellogg, which resulted in the 5,000-square-foot High Desert House on the edge of Joshua Tree National Park. Kellog spent five years designing a home that would settle into the landscape, “crouching on the rocks, maybe like an animal asleep.” The house features 26 freestanding concrete columns reminiscent of rib bones, and a glass ceiling that fills the home with daylight and views of the stars at night.

The columns fan out at the top, with one overlapping the next to created a layered, canopy-like roof.

The columns are connected with wide, sandblasted glass panels that create a ceiling, which spreads light throughout the interiors during the day, and frames views of the stars at night.

Discrete rooms are parsed by large, arched concrete pillars, and spaces flow seamlessly into each other.