Canadian architect Patrick Warren has built a wonderful bay weekend getaway for himself with just one idea: to keep the intervention to the beautiful local ecosystem to a minimum. The architecture of the house is simple and clean, and the materials are only natural – thus the structure almost ideally merged with the forest landscape,…
All over the world, everyone knows about Alpine chalets, but Scandinavians also know how to create incredibly beautiful mountain lodges in their many ski resorts. For example, this cottage in Sweden looks just idealistic from the outside, and even somewhat resembles its counterparts in the Alps. But inside, we immediately understand that we are in…
This modern chalet is lost in a beautiful forest next to the famous ski resort in Chile, which is especially beautiful in its snowy robe. The architects took an old abandoned hut as a basis and transformed it beyond recognition. The house is designed entirely of wood, but its interior and exterior shade, open floor…
Americans are fond of A-shaped houses and usually build them in the middle of the forest, where they can be pleasantly secluded away from everyone. This cottage was created for just such a purpose – designer Melissa Coleman converted an old 1970 cabin into a cozy hut with wooden interiors and high ceilings, which can…
Despite the fact that the interiors of this San Francisco home are decorated almost entirely of natural wood, the designers managed to avoid the feeling of a chalet or rustic dwelling. They used wood of laconic straight forms with a smooth texture to achieve the effect of elegance and rigor, at the same time, this…
This small summer house attracts with an abundance of natural light in the interiors, as well as a light and airy design using natural wood. The owners asked the designers to create an atmosphere of a beach home that would be warm and contribute to complete relaxation. Despite the small size, the living room has…
Since this house is located right in a pine forest near St. Petersburg, the designers of Lampa Studio decided to choose the chalet style in its modern version for interior design. A lot of light natural wood was used in the decoration, which, combined with large windows and glass walls, provided a huge amount of…
This wonderful wooden cottage in the Pyrenees is like our dreams of a perfect winter. An abundance of natural wood finishes, a real wood-burning fireplace, fur textiles and mountain landscapes outside the window – you just want to wrap yourself up in a blanket on this cozy sofa in the living room, take a cup…
During the construction of this house in Denmark, the architects tried to fulfill two main requirements of the client – to create a comfortable open space for several generations of the family, as well as to ensure maximum interaction with nature and to invite it inside. The interiors are decorated entirely of wood, and this…
The tradition of houseboats in Seattle is strong, given numerous bays and lakes located right in and around the city. The founder of the local architecture studio IDAA, Suzanne Stefan, also recently acquired a wonderful floating cottage in which she fully realized her dream of being close to nature. True, to get to this point…
