Architecture

A decisively minimal, elevated outpost for nature watching

Outside Quebec City sits a striking modern design with nature on the mind and a hidden streak of creativity

Lava-crete, natural light and abundant airflow create a home at one with its surroundings

A design and build challenge by the Harvard University Graduate School of Design for weary climbers and hikers

An all-steel homage to the area's mining and modernist heritage, built to coexist with the surrounding landscape

A unique, playful concept designed to explore ideas of community, journey, and retreat in the heart of the Pacific Northwest

At 350 sq. ft. this remote retreat on Washington's Olympic Peninsula is another masterpiece by famed Seattle firm Olson Kundig

A Japanese home for two designed to exist in harmony with the surrounding forest

This off-grid cabin deep in the Austrian backcountry offers pure solitude through simple design

A minimalist lofted retreat overlooking Iceland's second-largest city

An inspiring contemporary cabin made of natural materials set in the remote Kiwi countryside