Built Bill Gates’ home, then his own dream bunk-studio by Kirsten Dirksen on December 5, 2020 He designed Bill Gates’ 66,000-square foot home and a 139-million-dollar Portland federal building, but James Cutler was just as inspired …
Brothers build boreal utopia of open-roof cube cabins in nature by Kirsten Dirksen on November 3, 2019 On a piece of land purchased by their grandfather in Charlevoix, Quebec, Jonathan and Simon Galarneau have built a dozen …
Camp Commons is a simple cabin to reflect on nature & tradition by Kirsten Dirksen on March 31, 2019 On an abandoned vineyard in Spanish Catalonia’s Priorat region, a tiny cabin was built in 32 hours with a blockhouse …
Tiny cabins in VA’s woods to slow down & resync inner clock by Kirsten Dirksen on July 15, 2018 Is the “simple cabin” the ideal vessel for disconnecting from modern life? Friends Jon Staff and Pete Davis have placed …
Friends turn vacant zoo on rocky hill into hotel of minimalist cabins by Kirsten Dirksen on April 1, 2018 When the young group of Vivood architects discovered an abandoned animal preserve perched on a hillside in the stunning Guadalest …
Skinny lake-cabin has collapsible rooms & roof deck for 10K by Kirsten Dirksen on December 31, 2017 William Yudchitz and his son Daniel had already built one modern cabin on their land in far north Wisconsin, but …
Transformer CNC cabin by a lake as a father-son work dialogue by Kirsten Dirksen on December 10, 2017 Daniel Yudchitz and his father, Bill, are both architects who took their love of craft, cabins and Swiss precision in …
359 Rotating Home follows the sun like a sunflower by Kirsten Dirksen on August 13, 2017 Ben Kaiser’s 359 house can be rotated by just one person- or two kids- pushing a bar and walking around …
Tiny huts to enjoy the basics in Swedish spartan rural lodge by Kirsten Dirksen on May 22, 2016 For more than 400 years, charcoaling had been traditional industry in the area surrounding Skinnskatteberg, Sweden. Locals burnt charcoal for …
Philosopher’s hut deep in the fjord: Wittgenstein in Norway by Kirsten Dirksen on April 10, 2016 Over 100 years ago, philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein went to the fjords of Norway to escape the scholarly world of Cambridge. …
