Monochrome ski chalet by Thellend Fortin overlooks Quebec's Saint Lawrence River
Montreal studio Thellend Fortin Architectes has paired greyscale materials with woodwork both inside and out of this rural holiday home in Quebec. More
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Glass surrounds lower level of Teph Inlet house by Omar Gandhi Architect
An entirely glazed ground floor provides views of the Nova Scotia coast from this holiday home, designed by Canadian studio Omar Gandhi Architect. More
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Blackened wood cabins form minimal Quebec chalet by Naturehumaine
This Quebec holiday home by Canadian architecture studio Naturehumaine comprises two blackened wood cabins, which are intended to look like they are "sliding over the cliff" below. More
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Visit holiday homes from around the world via our Pinterest board
We've updated our Pinterest board showcasing the best holiday homes, including a tree-house-inspired Chinese home with an undulating roof and John Pawson's Welsh country-side retreat. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest ›
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Marvel Architects completes cedar-clad retreat on Long Island's Peconic Bay
An opening cuts through this Hamptons residence by Marvel Architects, revealing an infinity pool and Peconic Bay beyond when viewed from the driveway. More
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Johnson Naylor converts world war two pumping station into holiday home on Dungeness beach
A concrete structure that was built as a bomb-proof fuel pumping station during world war two in Dungeness, England, has been transformed into a holiday home by UK-based interior architecture studio Johnson Naylor. More
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Eco-luxury domes by Bourgeois/Lechasseur peer out from Quebec forest
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
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Eight Bauhaus buildings where you can spend the night
Modern architecture fans might be surprised to discover that there are many Bauhaus buildings that you can stay inside. As we continue our Bauhaus 100 series, here's a look at eight of the best to visit during the school's centenary in 2019. More
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Atelier Pierre Thibault completes shed-like guesthouse in Quebec gardens
Matching wooden walls, floors and furnishings blend together inside this pair of gabled buildings, designed by Canadian studio Atelier Pierre Thibault to offer communal accommodation for visitors to a Quebec nature reserve. More
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Five vacation homes at California's modernist marvel The Sea Ranch
The Sea Ranch community in Northern California will be spotlighted in a forthcoming SFMOMA exhibition. We've rounded up five residences on the coastal site that demonstrate why the 1960s development remains a holiday hotspot today. More
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Steel porch connects Coastal Retreat at Sea Ranch by Malcolm Davis
San Francisco firm Malcolm Davis Architecture has divided this holiday home at the Sea Ranch community in California into two cedar-clad volumes, which face out in different directions to overlook the rugged coastline. More
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Monochromatic living spaces feature inside Palm Beach House in Sydney
Australian studio Alexander & Co kept to a restrained palette of black, white, and grey for the renovation of this waterfront holiday home in Sydney, so as not to distract from the view out to sea. More
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Estudio Galera uses "common bricks" for Casa Rincón in Argentinian seaside town
This brick holiday home by Argentinian architecture firm Estudio Galera, in a seaside town south of Buenos Aires, references the "formal and material austerity" of the surrounding properties. More
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Chan Brisco Architects builds wooden chicken coop that looks like a log cabin in rural Finland
This wooden chicken coop, installed in the grounds of summer house in rural Finland, is styled like a miniature log cabin perched above the ground on granite rocks. More
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Hamptons retreat features grassy roof that blends with slope overlooking Peconic Bay
New York City firm Mapos has nestled a grass-topped holiday home into a lush hill overlooking a Long Island bay, covering it in untreated wood, steel and concrete to match the surroundings. More
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Treewow Retreat is a Chinese village house featuring a round freeform roof
An irregular undulating roof tops this tree-house-inspired holiday home on stilts, built in a remote Chinese village by architecture studio Monoarchi. More
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Shipwreck Lodge's wooden cabins evoke ships washed up on Namibia's Skeleton Coast
Namibian studio Nina Maritz Architects was inspired by the hundreds of shipwrecks strewn along the country's Skeleton Coast when designing this group of remote lodges. More
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Kapsimalis Architects refurbishes Santorini cave house
Greek studio Kapsimalis Architects updated a sequence of cave-like subterranean spaces and vaulted rooms in this holiday home on the island of Santorini. More
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The Nolla cabin by Robin Falck is a zero-emissions escape in Finland
Finnish designer Robin Falck has created an A-frame mirrored holiday home on Vallisaari, an island near Helsinki. More
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Studio Morison designs Escape Vehicle #9 for when nature reclaims the planet
Studio Morison's yellow PVC pavilion provides visitors to a Dutch art festival with the chance to sleep in one of the darkest places in the Netherlands. More
