A small rustic cabin on a rugged lakefront site in Muskoka, Little Dipper has a single goal in mind: to transport visitors into an immersive wilderness experience, drawing upon the property’s full range of natural features.
Project name
Little Dipper
Architecture firm
Great Lake Studio
Location
Muskoka, Ontario, Canada
Principal architect
Rick Galezowski
Design team
Great Lake Studio
Visualization
Mike Yoshimura
Status
Under Construction
Typology
Residential › Seasonal Cottage
Charmed by the ever-so-popular typology of the A-frame cottage, the new owners of this 1950’s property aspired to renovate and revitalize the cottage into a 21st century home. Located in the Eastern Townships, near Montréal, this unique structure sits on an evergreen forest, nearly touching the water on its breathtaking waterplane.
Architecture firm
Matière Première Architecture
Material
White pine flooring, exposed timber framing, and painted spruce boards
Typology
Residential › Cabin
This is a renovation of a typical Zoute villa with white brick and thatched roof. Though the house had a great charm it was also very dark with very small spaces. Therefore a glass extension with minimal windows was added and spaces were connected in a continuous and more open layout.
Project name
Renovation of Old Cottage Villa
Architecture firm
Architects Claerhout - Van Biervliet
Photography
Jan Verlinde, Andreas Vanwalleghem
Principal architect
Xaveer Claerhout, Barbara Van Biervliet
Interior design
Architects Claerhout-Van Biervliet
Lighting
Apure, Occhio & Kinetura
Material
With white painted brick and thatched roof
Typology
Residential › Cottage style with contemporary extension
The Cottage, a self build eco barn which used materials from the existing yard setting and contrasted them with a refined design detail, inspired by the agricultural utilitarian construction methods of the surrounds. The Cottage is a replacement dwelling within an existing equestrian facility and farmyard.
Architecture firm
Artel31
Location
Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
Principal architect
Robert Elkins
Design team
Richard Charles Jones (Project Architect)
Interior design
Annalise Nicholas - Artel31
Civil engineer
Giraffe Engineering
Structural engineer
Giraffe Engineering
Environmental & MEP
Ellendale Environmental
Visualization
Fred Palmer - Artel31
Tools used
Vectorworks, Blender, Adobe Photoshop
Construction
Mixed - Steel Frame, Masonry and Timber Frame.
Material
Stone, reclaimed brick, Cedar
Client
Mr and Mrs Gyle Thompson
Typology
Residential › House, New Bucolic
The Lesser Polish Eaves Cottage is a house which was inspired by the Polish wooden arcade architecture. Eaves houses located in the market square of Lanckorona are an interesting example of such architectural solutions.
Project name
The Lesser Polish Eaves Cottage
Architecture firm
BXB Studio
Location
Małopolska, Kraków, Poland
Photography
Sławomir Ślusarczyk, Rafał Barnaś, BXB studio and Luke Skyvideo
Principal architect
Bogusław Barnaś
Design team
Bogusław Barnaś, Bartosz Styrna, Anna Taczalska, Urszula Furmanik, Natalia Bryzek, Alzbeta Barancikowa, Alicja Dziedzina, Anna Hydzik, David Hernandes Martin, Paulina Dobrzańska, Magdalena Fuchs, Urszula Furmanik
Completion year
2017-2020
Material
Wood, Ruukki Classic roofing sheet
Typology
Residential › House
On the edge of Gir lion sanctuary, lies the Gir Vihar - home to 20 cottages; designed by village-based architect Himanshu Patel from “d6thD” design studio with overt principle of vernacular architecture in mind.
Project name
Gir Vihar - Eco Resort
Architecture firm
d6thD Design Studio
Location
Bhojde village, Gir lion Sanctuary, Gujarat, India
Photography
Inclined Studio
Principal architect
Himanshu Patel
Collaborators
Dashmeet, Nitin, Yohan (Drawings),
Construction
Jagdish, Manu, Jitu
Material
Sand stones, bricks and terracotta tiles
Client
Mr. Vijay Talaviya
Typology
Hospitality › Resort
This Project was drawn and rendered by M. Serhat Sezgin. The construction and site team consisted of the teams within Zebrano Furniture. The project was built to spend time away from the noise of the city on the weekends. The building, the project of which started in 2017, was completed within eighty working days.
Project name
Old Mountain House
Architecture firm
M.Serhat Sezgin and Zebrano Furniture
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max, Corona Renderer, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
M.Serhat Sezgin
Collaborators
Zebrano Group of Companies Architects and Civil engineers
The inhabitants of a small wood cottage located in the greenery above Vranov Dam may feel like in the cabin of a ship. The interior is practically arranged - basically nothing is missing here. Large windows provide beautiful views of the dam.
Project name
Cottage Inspired by a Ship Cabin
Architecture firm
Prodesi/Domesi
Location
Vranov nad Dyjí, Czech Republic
Principal architect
Klára Vratislavová, Pavel Horák
Built area
43 m², 65 m² (Usable Floor Area), 5.2 x 8.4 m (Dimensions)
Interior design
Klára Vratislavová
Material
Solid wood CLT panels, burnt and oiled larch planks, larch frames with insulating triple glazing + chambranles around the windows: larch planks with natural glaze, non-rebated, organic spruce planks, organic spruce planks, MDF
Typology
Residential › Cabin House
