Cabin Design

Small shed with brick exterior and gabled sheet metal roof

A tiny, rustic, off-grid cabin sits on vast 300 acres in Australia

When clients tasked Melbourne-based firm MRTN Architects with designing a new home for their whopping 300 acres...

Two design students build a charming, off-grid summer cabin in a remote Finnish forest

Design students Timm Bergmann and Jonas Becker (now Studio Politaire) decided to put their learned knowledge to...

A-frame timber cabin with glass wall revealing beds inside

Embrace sustainable travel in this solar-powered A-frame cabin

A beautiful A-frame cabin has popped up on the remote Finnish island of Vallisaari to serve as an "ecological alternative...

This cozy cabin in the woods was once just an old tool shed

An old tool shed has undergone a dramatic transformation in the hands of James Cutler, principal architect at American...

a home with various pitched roofs and large glass facade

This series of modular wood cabins form a rustic retreat in the Catskills

Paris-based firm Corpus Studio has created a rustic retreat tucked into the Catskills. A Craggy Cabin is a 2,200-square-foot...

Find your zen in this tiny cabin tucked into New Zealand’s idyllic landscape

Located just outside Kawarau Falls near Queenstown, New Zealand, a tiny cabin conceals a truly luxurious and light-filled...

Image of the exterior of the cabin at night. A patio has a few orange lounge chairs. Large windows show the inside of the cabin, where the family is sitting on an orange sectional couch.

This super-insulated concrete “cabin” hides a surprisingly cozy interior

Brutalist-inspired architecture is usually not the first thing that comes to mind when imagining cozy countryside...

Series of wooden cabins with glass facades

A cluster of wooden cabins create a serene weekend retreat in Norway

Norwegian firm Stinessen Arkitektur built this cluster of wooden cabins that peer out over the picturesque fjords...

Couple converts $7,000 Joshua Tree cabin into a sophisticated desert oasis

When Kathrin and Brian Smirke decided to buy an abandoned property in the desert landscape of Joshua Tree for $7,000,...

The three bungalows are surrounded by greenery.

These timber tiny houses use bold pergolas to shade against the glaring sun in Israel

These beautiful tiny houses designed by Israeli-based Ron Shenkin Architecture provide relief from the glaring...

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This serene mobile cabin lets you roam as you like in the Bavarian forest

This tiny house in an idyllic valley at the foot of the Bavarian mountains takes full advantage of the incredible...

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Minimalist cabin in the Chilean mountains lets climbers escape the daily grind

Chilean architect Lorena Troncoso-Valencia designed a serene wooden refuge deep in the Chilean mountains. The...

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Crescent moon-shaped home on Chilean coast inspired by traditional boat-making techniques

Chilean studio Pezo von Ellrichshausen has created an incredibly sophisticated cylindrical home that blends in...

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Antony Gibbon’s minimalist wooden Jutt House appears to float above the earth

UK-based architect Antony Gibbon just shared his latest nature-inspired design with Inhabitat - and it's a stunner....

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This Puget Sound eco cabin is made almost entirely from reclaimed materials

Activist and artist Anna Hoover collaborated with architect Les Eerkes from Olson Kundig Architects to build the...

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This gorgeous modern treehouse hides a surprising interior

Paris-based firm Atelier LAVIT just unveiled a beautiful treehouse with a surprisingly sophisticated twist. The...

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1970s A-frame cabin transformed into light-filled modern getaway

Proving that a little sweat and ingenuity makes for great design, this formerly outdated A-frame cabin in Big Bear,...

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Antony Gibbon’s Helix House is a twisting tiny home that towers amidst the treetops

Designer Antony Gibbon is known for his nature-inspired designs, each of which is more jaw-dropping than the last....

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You can rent this cylindrical log cabin on Denmark’s Island of Møn

For those really looking to go off-the-beaten-path without forsaking comfort, the Birkedal home located on the...

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Beautiful villas embedded in a remote Chinese mountain pass live in harmony with nature

Blending the man-made into nature without doing harm is difficult, but Origin Architects have managed to embed...

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Low-impact ‘Outside House’ is built on an old lava flow in the mountains of Maui

Oregon-based firm FLOAT Architectural Research and Design recently built the "Outside House" for a client who wants...

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Y-shaped timber cabin on stilts overlooks Norway’s picturesque mountains

Oslo-based architect Lund Hagem has unveiled a beautiful wooden cabin that juts out over the slopes of Norway's...

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Sweden is putting stressed-out people in tiny glass ‘chillout cabins’

Can nature really be the cure for stress? Sweden wants to find out - so it's sending five people in extremely stressful...

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Lakeside cabin made out of reclaimed wood is as idyllic as it gets

Seattle-based architects, Hoedemaker Pfeiffer just unveiled a contemporary cabin-style home built on the banks...

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Norway’s Fleinvaer cabins offer the ultimate in off-grid living on a remote island

These isolated cabins built on a remote island in Norway take off-grid living to new heights. Located on the country's...

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These minimalist prefab cabins are designed for human “recharging”

Innovative charging stations for cars or electronics are a dime a dozen these days, but finally, one savvy Danish...

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MUJI to sell eagerly awaited $27k minimalist tiny homes this fall

If you've ever walked into a MUJI store and wished you could spend the night, here's the next best thing. The minimalist...

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Old mountain retreat renovated into sublime off-grid refuge

The challenges of renovating older buildings are already numerous, but when working deep in 8,100-foot-high mountainous...

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Artist builds incredible stained-glass cabin in the middle of the woods

Those who live in glass houses… probably wish they had held out for this gorgeous, hand-crafted stained glass...

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Architect Jim Olson spent 55 years renovating this breathtaking Puget Sound cabin

It would be safe to say that architect Jim Olson from Olson Kundig Architects is an incredibly patient man. In...

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