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Breitenbach Landscape Hotel features 14 Nordic cabins on stilts

After 8 years of planning and construction, Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter has finished 14 Nordic-style cabins for Breitenbach...

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A 1960s home gets a modern facelift with solar panels and rainwater collection

Needing more room to accommodate their growing family, a young couple enlisted the help of North Melbourne-based...

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Architects recycle shipping containers into a breezy Dhaka home

In Dhaka, Bangladesh, local architecture firm River & Rain transformed four shipping containers into a light-filled,...

On the left, light plywood tiny home with large deck. On the right, kitchen with black cabinets and wood counters with a fold-out dining table.

This tiny home is afforded extra space thanks to a large deck

Barlo Smith and Shona Macpherson are putting a unique twist on the tiny house revolution. The Australian couple...

On the left, tall narrow white house. On the right, reading corner with modern chair and lamp, large glass window and several timber shelves holding books.

Beautiful, light-filled home slots into a skinny lot in Vancouver

Faced with a unique lot size of 20 by 200 feet, Canadian design studio Randy Bens Architect was challenged to create...

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Solar-powered home boasts an “upside down” layout for an expansive feel

When a couple finally decided to fulfill their dream of living by the beach, they reached out to Sydney-based architecture...

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Modern charred timber house juts out of Quebec’s forest landscape

If you haven’t tired yet of the blackened timber trend, feast your eyes on this modern retreat that’s backed...

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Dreamy cabin is a luxurious escape in the New Zealand bush

Cabin envy is real with this gorgeous Back Country house in New Zealand’s Puhoi bush. Designed by David Maurice...

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Off-grid rainforest cabin built from scratch has minimal site impact

There’s no replacement for hands-on experience - which is why architecture students at the University of British...

Basecamp tiny home boasts a large rooftop deck for mountain-climbing couple and 3 dogs

Basecamp tiny home boasts a large rooftop deck for mountain-climbing couple and 3 dogs

Tina and Luke moved from Massachusetts across the country to Oregon to build their tiny house and start Backcountry...

The Slice by Saunders Architecture is a tiny cabin that’s built around three existing plum trees

The Slice by Saunders Architecture is a tiny cabin that's built around three existing plum trees

The interior of the Slice comprises simply a bed, a kitchen and a small bathroom. The tiny space is mirrored...

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Studio Moffitt’s Limekiln Line is a Passive, Off-Grid Home in the Fields of Ontario

Standing on 25 acres of agricultural land, Limekiln Line is a steel-clad shelter with an extended deck that leads...

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