Danish studio BIG and cabin manufacturer Nokken have developed Softshell, a timber-framed tent that aims to offer a low-impact alternative for accommodation at eco-resorts and glamping sites. More about BIG and Nokken marry "functionality and elegance" for mobile glulam tent
A cluster of buildings interconnected by sweeping, tentacle-like canopies form The Spine Resort, a rural resort that Shanghai studio AIM Architecture has completed in Sichuan. More about AIM Architecture connects resort buildings with tentacle-like canopies
Shid Architects has created a stripped-back eco-lodge in the village of Komehr, Iran, featuring a viewing platform, gathering spaces and sleeping areas erected in a cornfield. More about Maze-like paths connect amenities at the Poonehzar eco-resort in an Iranian field
Tent-topped timber platforms form guest rooms in this eco-resort in Costa Rica, which Paris-based studio AW2 completed "without cutting down a single tree and without the use of concrete and nails". More about Kasiiya Papagayo has tented guest rooms that peek from a tropical forest in Costa Rica
Stinessen Arkitektur has built three cabins and a sauna on an island in the remote Steigen Archipelago off the coast of Norway in the arctic circle. More about Aluminium-clad cabins perch on stilts over the Barents Sea in Norway
A trio of grey camping domes, which peek out like beady eyes from a hillside forest in Quebec, form a luxury eco-resort designed by Canadian firm Bourgeois/Lechasseur. More about Eco-luxury domes by Bourgeois/Lechasseur peer out from Quebec forest
London practice Baca Architects has designed a cocoa pod-shaped treehouse for an eco hotel located on a secluded Panama island, which is accessible only by boat. More about Baca Architects bases treehouse hotel for Panama eco resort on a cocoa pod
3Gatti Architecture Studio has unveiled a vision for an eco-resort in a Latvian forest, featuring pavilions topped with inflatable roofs that look like pine cones. More about Inflatable pine cones top guesthouses and spa envisioned by 3Gatti Architecture Studio
A glass walkway wraps a steamy geothermal pool at the heart of this spa resort in rural China, while timber-clad villas create sleeping quarters among the vegetation (+ slideshow). More about AIM Architecture constructs spa resort around hot springs in rural Sichuan
These seven woodland cabins are nestled amongst the trees of a park and spa in northern Portugal (+ slideshow). More about Eco-Resort Pedras Salgadas by Luís Rebelo de Andrade and Diogo Aguiar
Florida-based practice Oppenheim Architecture + Design have released these images of their proposals for 47 desert lodges at a resort in Wadi Rum, Jordan. More about Wadi Resort by Oppenheim Architecture + Design