Tag: cabin

May 30, 2013 at 4:41 pm

Picture of the Day: Little House on the Water

Picture of the Day: Little House on the Water

LITTLE HOUSE ON THE WATER Photograph by UROS PETROVIC In this morning photograph we see a tiny house on the Drina River, near Bajina Basta, a small town in Western Serbia. The Drina is a 346 km long river that forms much of the border between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia. It…

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May 23, 2013 at 6:17 pm

A Hollow House in the Woods

A Hollow House in the Woods

Experimental House was designed by famed Finnish architect Alvar Aalto in 1952. The house was built to serve as a summer getaway and also as an experimental laboratory to test out construction and architecture philosophies such as: foundation systems, free-form brick construction and passive solar heating. [Source] According to galinsky.com: “The house is a…

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May 18, 2013 at 1:05 pm

Picture of the Day: Barn Conversion

Picture of the Day: Barn Conversion

BARN CONVERSION Designed and Built by Roderick James Architects | Carpenter Oak Designed by Roderick James for himself and his family, the Seagull House features this incredible oak frame barn with arch-braced collar trusses. The barn consists of a painted Douglas Fir studio and a bolted Douglas fir conservatory overlooking the river…

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December 10, 2012 at 3:04 pm

The HemLoft: A Secret Tree House in the Woods

The HemLoft: A Secret Tree House in the Woods

Built and Photographed by Joel Allen HemLoft is a self-funded secret tree house built by Joel Allen on crown land (government owned) in Whistler, Canada. It hangs on a precipitous slope, in a towering stand of hemlocks, about a five minute walk from the nearest road. The story of how it came to be…

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November 8, 2012 at 7:39 pm

Picture of the Day: A Cabin That Floats

Picture of the Day: A Cabin That Floats

A CABIN THAT FLOATS Photograph by Marcus Peabody Spotted in Perry Creek, by the island of Vinalhaven in Maine, USA, is this amazing custom-built floating cabin. This is definitely the coolest ‘small space’ I’ve seen since the school bus conversion posted a couple weeks back. The photograph was taken by Marcus Peabody…

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October 17, 2012 at 6:43 pm

Picture of the Day: A Tiny River House in Serbia

Picture of the Day: A Tiny River House in Serbia

A TINY RIVER HOUSE IN SERBIA Photograph by Irene Becker for National Geographic My friend Dan G. emailed me this wonderful photograph by Irene Becker that shows a tiny house in the middle of the Drina River near the town of Bajina Basta, Serbia. The capture was highlighted by National Geographic…

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December 1, 2009 at 8:58 am

Canopy Living: The Ultimate Tree House

Canopy Living: The Ultimate Tree House

There’s the tree house your Dad built for you in the backyard, and then there’s the tree house Robert Harvey Oshatz built in the forests of Portland, Oregon. Designed in 1997 and completed in 2004, the Wilkinson Residence is in perfect harmony with its surroundings. Built on a steep sloping lot, the living…

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