150 Best Cottage and Cabin Ideas

Summary:

This is your ultimate resource for creating the ideal remote retreat. Discover 150 cottages and cabins from around the world that feature the luxury of modern home construction while preserving the surrounding landscape and utilizing local natural resources. These enviable dwelling showcase inspirations for homeowners, designers, and architects - from exposed-beam ceilings and built-in furnishings to large open-floor plans and floor-to-ceiling windows that accentuate picturesque views of the great outdoors. This volume highlights hidden sanctuaries that offer spacious, comfortable, and, most important, more natural living environments with a range of stunning full-colour photographs and detailed design plans. Whether you're planning a vacation with family and friends or looking for a way to escape the daily grind, this book allows you to explore the diversity and simplicity of the modern cottage and cabin. Filled with hundreds of colour photographs, this comprehensive handbook in the highly successful 150 Best design series showcases the latest in successful small house design from some of today's most distinguished international architects and designers.

Record details

ISBN: 0062395203
ISBN: 9780062395207
Physical Description: 479 pages : color illustrations, plans ; 21 cm
Publisher: New York : Harper Design, 2016.
Copyright: ©2016

Content descriptions

General Note:

Architects : Agence Apolline Terrier -- Altius Architecture -- Amy A. Alper, Architect -- Andreas Wenning, Baumraum -- arba -- Avanto Architects -- Balance Associates, Architects -- Casagrande Laboratory -- CityDeskStudio -- Clark Stevens Architect, New West Land Company -- CWB Architects -- David Jay Wiener, Architect -- DesignBuildBLUFF and students from the University of Colorado -- DeForest Architects -- EchoLIVING -- Eggleston, Farkas Architects -- FabCab -- FINNE Architects -- Mats Edlund, Henrietta Palmer, Matts Ingman, Form Arkitektur Mats Edlund -- Frank Architects -- Garrison Architects -- Gonzales Vergara Arquitectos (formerly F3 Arquitectos) -- Graypants -- Greg Hill -- Heliotrope Architects -- Jarmund, Vigsnæs AS Arkitekte -- Korteknie Stuhlmacher Architecten -- Lawrence Architecture -- Lazor Office, FlatPak -- M Valdes Architects -- maddison architects -- MAPA -- Max Holst Arketektkontor -- Modscape -- nottoscale -- Osburn, Clark -- Passion: Smart Design Houses -- Pokorny Architekti -- superkül -- Turnbull Griffin Haesloop Architects -- 2by4 architects -- Uptic Studios -- YH2 yiacouvakis hamelin, architectes -- Zecc Architects.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction -- Gabled, hipped and pyramid roofs : Country house in Colorado ; Foster loop cabin ; Goat Peak cabin ; Bunny Lane ; Bug Acres of Woodstock ; Creekside cabin ; Holiday house Vindö ; Turon house ; Brockloch Bothy ; Recreational house ; Garage ; Recreational island house ; Lake Joseph boathouse ; Little lost cabin -- Shed and saltbox roofs : Hammer cabin ; Aluminum cabin ; Shift cabin ; Decatur cabin ; Kiss house ; Eagle Harbor cabin ; Fairwind cabin ; Idaho cabin ; Gulf cabins ; Pine Forest cabin ; House in a meadow ; Spudich cabin ; Farmhouse ; Hölick sea resort ; Weekend house ; La Luge ; Methow cabin ; Lake Wenatchee residence ; Homestead cabin ; Wood boat house Apelle -- Flat and custom roofs : MR house ; Four-cornered villa ; M1 house ; Nighthawk retreat ; Weekend house ; Zen garden house ; Salagnac cabins ; House in the woods ; House on Crete ; Koby cottage ; Tintaldra ; Rondolino ; Nakai house in Utah ; Cabin 2 ; Copper cube ; Brockloch tree house -- Directory.