The wooded landscape of Whidbey Island, Washington is the perfect place for this cabin-style home designed by Chesmore|Buck Architecture. From the outside, the timber house blends beautifully with its natural surroundings. Exteriors and interiors pay homage to this forested setting, ... Continue >
When designing this modern country home, Architecten De Vylder Vinck Taillieu approached architecture in a very "round-about" way. This concrete and wood design was rounded in shape so as to maximize the natural views, which are visible through glass wall ... Continue >
Zero Plus Architecture carefully planned this cool Washington-area cabin design to ensure it complemented its environment without being a burden to it. Picturesque Puget Sound is the perfect spot for this rustic house style - wood, expansive glazing, and oh ... Continue >
If you're in search of an inspiring live work home – a forest book nook – try these digs on for size! The Scholar’s Library in Olive Bridge, New York by local architecture firm Gluck & Partners is an unusual ... Continue >
Designed by William O’Brien Jr., the assistant professor of Architecture in Cambridge, Massachusetts, this unusual vacation house plan is an A-frame house in the forest that stands out among the trees. Described as a “cabin of curiosities,” the Allandale House ... Continue >
The Manio/Downing Residence by architect Dan Hisel is a private, wood clad house that he describes as a couple of "highly crafted boxes in the woods," but it’s so much more. The simplicity of this contemporary courtyard house plan is ... Continue >
This long narrow house design by Turnbull Griffin Haesloop Architects really brings nature home. Apart from its lush redwood forest setting in Sebastopol, California, the natural design features a wood facade framing massive windows that invite the outdoors in. Topped ... Continue >
When Netherlands architecture firm Grosfeld van der Velde Architecten designed this striking forest home in Teteringen, near Breda, they took into account some important must-haves for the homeowners, namely an eco house design. The move toward sustainable architectural design sets ... Continue >
Designed for a historian to house his most-prized possessions – his books – this unique compact house design of 850-sq.-ft., complete with a writing studio and library, is the perfect place to sit, study, read, write, listen to music or ... Continue >
