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21-10-2022

Norm Architects, a cabin in the Swedish forests

In Sweden, in the heart of a forest and near a small winter sports area, the Norm Architects studio has completed the renovation of a small traditional wood cabin. The project is an example of that sensory approach to architecture and design that the studio has developed and refined in their 15 years of activity and narrated in their recently published book Soft Minimal.

13-09-2021

Atelier YokYok designs Station Nuage in Saint Sébastien sur Loire

The French studio Atelier YokYok, whose work represents a synthesis between art and architecture, has created the project to convert an old stable into a new restaurant in Saint-Sébastien-sur-Loire. Located on the île Forget, the renovated building, characterised by a striking blue colour and an iconic white canopy, enriches the visitor experience in the town’s fluvial area.

29-03-2021

The Voxel, a prototype advanced ecological cabin

The Voxel is a prototype advanced ecological cabin built in Barcelona’s Collserola nature park using natural 0 km materials and innovative construction techniques. The project is a space for confinement, proposing an architectural solution to the COVID-19 pandemic while exploring the principles of the circular bioeconomy.

05-03-2021

Peter Pichler’s concrete and timber Oberholz mountain hut

The Oberholz mountain hut, made of concrete and timber, is set in the rock with views over the Dolomites from three big windows.

22-07-2020

Federico Delrosso Teca House, a transparent retreat surrounded by nature

Architect Federico Delrosso transformed the reclamation of a little rural building in the splendid natural setting of the hills outside Biella into a homage to Philip Johnson’s Glass House. Teca House is a building which is rooted in the land it stands on and still displays signs of its past, but is ready to be used in new ways as a guesthouse, meeting room, or intimate retreat in which to read or practice yoga surrounded by nature.

26-06-2020

Snøhetta Tungestølen hiking cabins on Jostedalsbreen glacier in Norway

On a small plateau with a marvellous panoramic view of Jostedalsbreen glacier in western Norway, continental Europe’s biggest glacier, Snøhetta recently completed a new shelter for walkers. The shelter, commissioned by the location chapter of the Norwegian National Trekking Association, is composed of a series of pentagonal constructions perfectly adapted to the harsh mountain climate.