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Even the garage offers an opportunity for Josh and Matt to experiment, with lighting rescued from an ice cream shop renovation and even a seating area (complete with a cherry-red Panton chair).

Dimensions X was founded in 2020 by entrepreneur Oscar Martin and architect Peter Stutchbury to answer one question: How can prefab housing be more site-responsive? Their answer is the modular cross-laminated timber OM-1, a roughly 600-square-foot cabin where everything from its dimensions to its envelope can be optimized and adjusted to better suit its environment, and its owner.

The blackened timber cladding helps the prefab to blend into the forest. The interior of the home was conceived as two blocks that house less flexible spaces like the bathroom, kitchen, and storage. This approach helped to avoid the use of interior walls, “freeing up the rest of the spaces to connect with the setting,” explains iHouse. “The forest is framed at all times.”

The architects experiment with minimal space, equipped and designed to the millimetre, using Computer Numerical Controlled technology (CNC milling).

"Situated on the 'quiet' end of the Lake, Island 7 will easily become a family legacy to create memories that last a lifetime,

Nestled amongst native Araucaria trees, the cabin and its three elevated decks were carefully sited so as not to disturb any existing trees, which are protected by Chilean law. "This area is the only place on the planet where the Araucaria pine grows,

“I envision people writing their books, music, refuelling their creative flow,” says Castillero. He should know about its energizing power more than anyone, really: it brought him back to his love of architecture, after all. “It’s truly my new happy place.”

An all-over black paint job would make a room feel bold and dramatic.

Interior designer Markie Miller and her father Lance Price, a woodworker, teamed up to rehab the old trailer.

Mary and Kundan Bhullar built a shipshape country escape that sits lightly on the land in the Aravalli hills near Gurgaon, India.

Glass walls allow separation and permeability between the rooms upstairs.