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Floor-to-ceiling glazing and a linear skylight help welcome the landscape within the cabin’s small footprint.

The exterior is clad in corrugated, galvanized metal. “We just spray it off with a water house,” says Mark.

Walk Street House floor plan

Just outside Stowe, Vermont, the Barr family cabin, designed by architect Tom Kundig, sits on a hillside overlooking a dense landscape of maples, Scotch pines, and ferns. Kundig wrapped two of the cabin’s three stories in Cor-Ten steel, a signature material for the designer.

Opposite the optical glass facade, the slant of the northern facade is the result of Tokyo urban planning requirements. A constant gradient diagonal line restriction dictated that the home’s mass recede diagonally away from the northern property line, to ensure adequate light and ventilation for the neighboring property—a policy not uncommon in lower-density residential areas of Tokyo.

DH House floor plan