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A look at the upstairs sitting area.

The concept of this Scandinavian getaway was simple: To create a cabin that is small and sparse yet spatially rich. The 55-quare-meter (592-square-foot) cabin, commissioned by a private client and completed in 2016, comprises a large living room, bedroom, ski room, and small annex with a utility room. It functions off the water and electricity grids.

The cabin’s exterior walls and roof are clad in overlapping stone plates that mimic the look of traditional wood paneling found in Western Norway. “It provides an affinity with the cabins nearby,” partner and architect Nils Ole Bae Brandtzæg explains. Solar panels cover the chimney pipe, lighting LED lamps inside.

A small attic loft was tucked above the second bedroom, so Claudia and Ivan's kids could bring their friends.

The home's sliding glass doors on either side of the combined great room allow for a wide-open, indoor-outdoor feel.

On a rocky bank, Hebra Arquitectos builds a breezy home that opens wide to nature.