Ortraum Architects builds cosy woodland cabin from cross-laminated timber
Kynttilä by Ortraum Architects is a wooden cabin set on Lake Saimaa in Finland, with a glazed, gabled end that has views of the water. More
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Jupe travel pods are space-themed shelters for off-grid living
American prefabricated shelter company Jupe has launched its travel pod, a flat-pack temporary cabin with birch wood floors and an illuminated frame designed by Liz Lambert and Cameron Sinclair. More
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Small La Invernada cabin glows in Chilean forest at night
This house by Chilean studio Guillermo Acuña Arquitectos Asociados has mesh and polycarbonate walls to reflect the shadows of trees in daytime and light up at night. More
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Majamaja is an off-grid seaside cabin near Helsinki
Architect Pekka Littow has used Finnish spruce and birch plywood for off-grid holiday home Majamaja, which is perched on a rocky outcrop by the sea just outside of Helsinki. More
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Prefabricated Huaira cabin nestles within verdant farmland in Ecuador
Tetra Pak cladding shelters the prefabricated plywood structure of the Huaira cabin, which architects Diana Salvador and Javier Mera have built for themselves beside a river in Puerto Quito, Ecuador. More
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Dezeen's top 10 cabins of 2020
In a year when the coronavirus pandemic caused travel restrictions, cabins offered a welcome sense of escapism. As part of our review of 2020, here are Dezeen's top 10 cabins, including one made from infested wood and another with a titanium roof. More
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Olson Kundig principal designs himself a cosy beach cabin
Olson Kundig Architects principal Alan Maskin has renovated and extended a beach cabin from 1938 in Washington State, turning it into his wood-lined retreat. More
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Olson Kundig designs glass cabin with drawbridge-style shutters
False Bay Writer's Cabin by architecture firm Olson Kundig in the USA has three glass sides surrounded by decks that double as shutters when pulled up like a drawbridge. More
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Den Cabin Kit is a DIY wooden guesthouse that can be built in a few days
Cabin-design company Den has launched a flat-packed, kit-of-parts for a steeply pitched cabin, known as an A-frame, that can be assembled in just a few days. More
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Caspar Schols develops Cabin ANNA from the garden shed he built for his mother
Architectural designer Caspar Schols has developed the design for a garden shed with moving walls that he built for his parents into a flat-pack cabin for living and for working. More
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Space of Mind is a modular cabin designed to be built anywhere
Studio Puisto has designed an adaptable, prefabricated cabin that can be built anywhere and used as anything from a garden office to a remote off-grid retreat. More
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Collection of 18 mirrored mountain cabins form hotel in Hubei province
Chinese architecture studios Wiki World and Advanced Architecture Lab have designed an array of 18 timber cabins clad in mirrors for a hotel in Yichang, Hubei province. More
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Cabin Thunder Top in Norway doubles as a viewpoint and ski jump
Gartnerfuglen Arkitekter has built a wooden cabin in Telemark, Norway, which has an accessible stepped roof that doubles as a viewpoint and winter ski jump. More
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STC Arquitectos builds cabin in Argentinian woods with reclaimed materials
A slanted metal roof and deck help to shelter this cabin in Argentina, designed by STC Arquitectos using reclaimed materials like scrap metal and oil pipes. More
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A6A constructs charred-wood off-grid cabin in Ustaritz
Bordeaux studio A6A has created Heva, a black Douglas fir-clad cabin designed for off-grid living, in Ustaritz, south-west France. More
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Atelier Schwimmer designs two-toned Chalet Lakeside in Canada
Canadian architecture firm Atelier Schwimmer has contrasted planks of charred wood with pale wood to form a cabin for brothers overlooking a lake in Canada. More
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Weber Arquitectos builds San Simon Cabins from volcanic rock
Mexican architecture studio Weber Arquitectos has used grey volcanic stone to construct five cabins on a forested site in Valle de Bravo, Mexico. More
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Koto's prefab Work Space Cabin is designed for working from anywhere
A slanted window punctures the charred-wood walls of this sculptural office designed by prefab housing designers Koto. More
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Mountain Refuge is a concept for a tiny modular cabin
Italian architects Massimo Gnocchi and Paolo Danesi designed Mountain Refuge as a prefabricated cabin-style micro-home built from plywood. More
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Maguire + Devin builds minimalist off-grid cabin retreat on Bruny Island
Bruny Island Cabin is a wood-lined off-grid holiday home in Tasmania designed by architecture studio Maguire + Devin featuring only built-in furniture. More
