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An exquisite kitchen in a cabin at Tretopphytter – “Treetop Cabins” – two hours north of Oslo, Norway.
Capture and shared by @copenhagenwilderness
🤯 Julio Lafuente was a Spanish architect who worked mainly in Italy. This is a summer cabin he built with structural engineer Gaetano Rebecchini on Capocotta beach near Rome in 1965.
We have never seen anything like it. What a playful to stack bunkers!
Thanks to @rural_office for tipping us off.
Chris Ramsell on Vashon Island, Washington wrote us to ask that we share the cabin his Aunt Mary built in a 1960’s. We’re glad to have a peek at it because that transom along the dramatic gable is unusual and charming. 🥰
Sadly she passed away a few years ago. We would have enjoyed a chance to discuss with her the whimsical home she made for herself.
Thanks for sharing, Chris.📸 @cjrsea
From Antonia and Desmond:
We’ve been looking to buy a cabin for years, but never found one that felt right: close-ish to Cape Town (our home base), super private and located in nature, etc. In early 2017 we found and bought this almost three hectare property close to the beautiful Bain’s Kloof Pass in the Western Cape of South Africa. The pass (25 kilometers) was built in 1849, it was seen as the gateway between Cape Town and the north. We decided to build our tiny dream cabin: thirty square meters of living space (plus a loft bedroom of twelve square meters) and a sixty square meter deck. Our wooden structure cabin is located high on a mountain slope in a nature reserve. It can only be reached by foot or a 4x4 vehicle. We just finished the cabin in time for the national Corona-lockdown we are experiencing in South Africa (extended until 30 April 2020). The best part of this cabin is that it is so isolated, set in Fynbos (natural shrubland or heathland vegetation located in the Western Cape and Eastern Cape provinces of South Africa) and yet only 1.5 hours drive from Cape Town. Here you can find rock paintings, spot Klipspringers (a small buck with Mountain goat type claws), baboons, Cape Cobras, Dassies, Leopard’s, and many birds, to mention a few. Also, a wide range of flora endemic to this area can be found. In the valley we have a lovely river spot for refreshing swims.
Follow along at @mountbaincabin
Another one-of-kind project in Tasmania has us rethinking our travel priorities once we are all free and clear of COVID.
This Standing Camp (krakani lumi or place of rest) in Tasmania’s North East National Park is for the Aboriginal Land Council of Tasmania.
The site fringes the northern edge of the Bay of Fires, and serves as a two night stop over for a 4 day guided walk through the cultural landscape, from wukalina – Mt William, to larapuna - Eddystone Point. There are accommodations and communal facilities for 12 people. It is the first walk of its kind in Tasmania that is entirely owned and operated by the Aboriginal Land Council.
The approach to the site is made from an exposed and pristine beach dune, through open coastal heath that is rich in diverse flora and animal-life. Impossible to see until arriving, krakani lumi is enveloped deep within a grove of banksia marginata. Clad in charred Tasmanian timber, the individual structures appear as a series of discrete dark pavilions, merging as shadows into the surrounding dense banksia, camouflaging the camp when it is not in use. The exterior of the individual structures of the standing camp are robust, tautly detailed and resilient to the corrosive sea air and to tampering.
Designed by @taylorandhindsarchitects
Photos by @adam.gibson.photo and Jordan Davis.
Check out this place @iris.thorsteinsdottir found.
The former railway car in Powys, Wales is known as “Under the Oak” and was used for many years for nothing more than storage. Fittingly, it now houses a collection of weird and wonderful objects that its owner Jim has collected on his travels around the world as a cameraman. Now that both the car and the owners have settled a little, the transformation from railway carriage to living space has been completed.
The car’s original ironwork has been used to make some of the fittings and the dark wood, also remaining from the original construction, gives a lovely rich feel. The car has a gas burner, a camping toaster and a BBQ, plus a firepit and log seats outdoors. The washing up sink, prep area, fridge and other gas ring are outside, undercover at the end of the car.
Under the Oak is tucked between two barns and screened by trees from Jim and Jude’s other project, Under the Ash, a converted showman’s car. Each has their own private compost toilet and share a hot gas-powered shower, which are about 10 yards from both spaces. Although they are quite close together and near the cottage, every effort has been taken to give them their own areas and Jim & Jude’s friends have been enjoying staying there for years.
You can rent it via @canopyandstars
This family retreat designed by @morkulnesarchitects is located at the northern edge of Nordmarka, Norway which is a vast wilderness just an hour north of Oslo. The location was chosen because its easy access to cross country skiing and fishing, which can be done at Mylla Lake just below.
To create a warm and light-filled interior, the designer used pine plywood treated with lye and white oil to finish the interior of the cabin. Custom plywood furniture, including bed frames, bunk beds, couch, dining table, benches, and shelves are found throughout.
#cabins #cabinporn #norway #Hytte
Johannes Hulsch was driving from the Adriatic Sea through snowy mountains near Montenegro and encountered these summer cabins. His image struck us, too. We’re really fond of their forms and their relationship to each other. What a cozy layout for a family to spend time together outside.
The @elkcaliforniaforestretreat is tucked in among redwood trees a few miles from the Pacific Ocean in the town of Elk, CA. A short coastal drive from the historic village of Mendocino. When this ordeal is over, you can book a stay there at elkforestretreat.com
The prefabbed Cabin Y by @dmva_architects in Belgium was designed to be easily transportable with a flatbed trailer, with a related goal to be as light as possible. The construction system consists of ten wooden frames that are connected by stainless steel tension cables in an X-shape, whereby the tensile and compressive forces are neutralized when lifting with a crane. Between the sandwich panels there is thermal insulation of hemp fiber. The exterior cladding is burnt larch and inside they used oiled white pine. Burning wood is a natural way to make wood sustainable without using chemicals.
The unit is equipped with a toilet, a shower and sleeping for two. Solar panels on the roof provide renewable energy. The front facade is entirely in glass with a steel frame as pivoting door.
