Tiny Off-Grid Hawk House has Soaring Views of the California Mountains

The Hawk House is a tiny green-roofed cabin located high in the mountains of central California. Designer<a href="http://www.alexwyndham.com/#!about/c240r" target="_blank"> Alex Wyndham</a> designed and built this seven-by-nine foot house completely of timber with three foldable walls and skin made from redwood bark. The small <a href="http://inhabitat.com/tag/off-the-grid/" target="_blank">off-grid refuge</a> is built into a hillside and provides a magnificent view of the Pacific Ocean.

The building is carefully oriented to take advantage of natural lighting, heating and cooling while keeping its impact on its site to a minimum.

The redwood bark façade was sourced from a neighboring sawmill.

The doors look like secret compartments, with the front side of the space designed as one large glass folding element.

These folding mechanisms are introduced to enable <a href="http://inhabitat.com/tag/natural-ventilation/" target="_blank">natural ventilation</a> on stifling nights.

The tiny house features a <a href="http://inhabitat.com/category/green-roof/" target="_blank">green roof</a> covered with native wildflowers and coastal grasses.

Sitting lightly on the land, the structure is a discrete addition to the surrounding ecosystem that establishes an almost seamless transition between the natural and the manmade.

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