13 Incredible Modern Cabins Designed by Leading Architects

Studio: Mjölk architekti
Contact E-mail: info@mjolk.cz
Social Media: @mjolk_architekti, @Mjolk-architekti
Studio Address: Železná 830/ 12A, 460 01 Liberec, Czech Republic
Project Location: Polubný, Kořenov, Liberecký kraj
Project Country: Czech Republic

In the sunshine it glistens like a marble. From the front, an inconspicuous cabin, one of the last ones before you arrive at Jizerka. But the other side of the building reveals that something extraordinary has transpired here. Behind the curtain of the original cabin, a glittering glass extension has sprung up and the house is ripe for the next act of its play.

Studio: Les Archinautes
Author: Gabriela Králová
Contact E-mail: gabriela.kralova@lesarchinautes.fr
Social Media: @lesarchinautes
Studio Address: 32 rue Ferrer, 69600 Oullins, France
Project Location: Lipno Lake
Project Country: Czech Republic

The building is located in the heart of Bohemian Forest with a view of Lipno lake. This cabin was built on a place where an old wooden cabin used to be. It is designed to provide the perfect base for nearby mountain sports in all conditions.

Architect: Sanden+Hodnekvam Architects
Status: Completed
Client: Private
Type: New building
Program: Residential, cabin
Location: Steinkjer, Norway
Team: Ingvild Hodnekvam, John Sanden, Yngvild Lund
Size: 47sqm
Materials: Concrete and cross laminated timer (CLT)
Year: 2016-2018

The small cabin is located at Rones, 150km north of Trondheim. The site is steep and rough with a view of the fjord. The cabin has a compact footprint which adapts to the landscape and preserves the site and its vegetation.

Architects: Forma Architecture
Area: 135 m²
Year: 2017
Lead Architect: Santiago Mussi Tiscornia, Ignacio Mussi Tiscornia, Andrew Pringle Sattui, José A. Orol
Collaborator: Daniel Mussi Tiscornia
City: San Carlos de Bariloche
Country: Argentina

Located in the neighborhood of Entre Cerros in San Carlos de Bariloche, Andinas Mellizas Patagónicos is a project of two twin houses of 65m2 each.

Architects: Forma Architecture
Area: 65 m²
Year: 2019
Photographs: Francisco Galeazzi
Manufacturers: Bariloche Glass, El rincon del techado, Madeco, Palm

Andina Patagónica #4 is the first of a twin cabin project in the outskirts of El Bolson, Rio Negro, Argentina. It is a 65 square meter cabin which opens up to the Cerro Piltriquitron. The house steps down to adapt its form to the slope of the terrain; this way the form opens up to the panoramic view.

Studio: Prodesi/Domesi
Author: Klára Vratislavová, lead architect, interior design
Pavel Horák, lead architect
Social media: @prodesi_domesi, @domesi.cz
Design team: Jan Švarc
Project location: Vranov nad Dyjí
Project country: Czech Republic
Completion year: 2021
Built-up Area: 43 m²
Usable Floor Area: 65 m²
Photographer: BoysPlayNice
Collaborator: Building company – Domesi

The small cottage, concealed with sunburned larch planks, located in the greenery above the Vranov Dam, provides surprisingly big interior space. Not only the owner’s family but also visitors can enjoy it.

Architecture: MAPA Architects
Partners: Luciano Andrades, Matías Carballal, Andrés Gobba, Mauricio López, Silvio Machado.
Project Team: Pablo Courreges, Martina Pedreira, Diego Morera, Emiliano Lago, Fabián Sarubbi, Sebastián Lambert, Emilia Dehl, Alejandro Cuadro, Victoria Muniz, Flavio Faggion, Diamela Meyer, Sandra Rodríguez, Agustín Dieste, João Bernardi, Helena Utzig, Lucas Marques, Débora Boniatti, Juliana Colombo, Amanda Cappelatti, Pedro Reichelt, Lilian Wang.
Photography: Aldo Lanzi
Contractor: iHouse
Furniture: Estudio Diario, MadForModern
Location: José Ignacio, Maldonado, Uruguay
Year: 2020

A black box device recording chronicles of private life and playing hide and seek amidst the woods.

Location: Senja, Norway
Client: Solbjørg Sørensen & Reidar Fagerholt
Architects/designers: Bjørnådal Arkitektstudio AS
Project Manager: Hans-Petter Bjørnådal
Design team: Architect MNAL Hans-Petter Bjørnådal
Collaborators: Reidar Fagerholt & Solbjørg Sørensen

The cabin is located in Senja at 69° north in Norway surrounded by majestic mountains, magical fjords with thriving fishing villages, holding on to narrow bits of land between mountains and ocean. The National Tourist Route leads you on a 10 mil long journey along with one of the finest landscapes, with spectacular points of view and several exciting detours.

Project Name: Chalet Lakeside
Location: Lac-Brome
Area: 3200 ft2
Status: Completed 2019
Architect: Atelier Schwimmer
Team: Felix Schwimmer, Francesca Fiaschi
Consultants: Yannick Pelletier –Structural Eng., Yves Leblanc -. Hydro.Eng., Steve St-Hilaire – PercoDesign.
Construction: Dunfab construction, Guillaume Dumas
Photo: Adrien Williams

Two brothers have embraced outdoor activities as part of their fast-paced city life. A new building on the banks of Lake Brome, will act as a symbol of and a tool for the fulfillment of this commitment – a building in which to share time with friends. Bisected by a vertical atrium that opens on to the lake, the essence of the design is a concrete floor with a fireplace at its center that creates a place to mingle.

Location: Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Charlevoix, Québec
Client: Cabines St-Laurent
Architects: Bourgeois / Lechasseur architectes
Graphic Artists: Criterium
Design Team: Olivier Bourgeois, Régis Lechasseur, Alexandre Côte, Valérie Gauthier, Isabelle Auclair, Maxime Rousseau
General Contractor: Construction Urbanext
Photographer: Maxime Brouillet

A major tourist attraction for well over a century, the Charlevoix region features some of Québec’s most striking landscapes. Over the last fifteen years, with the opening of a new ski resort, this already popular spot truly became a year-round destination. A wide range of tourist accommodation awaits visitors looking for scenic settings.

Architect: Snorre Stinessen Architecture

Efjord is in a branch off the Ofoten fiord. Ofoten fiord leads from inside of Narvik out to the Lofoten archipelago in Northern Norway. The site is positioned on an island called Halvarøy on a natural ledge in the terrain overlooking the fiord to the west, two of Norway´s most challenging climbing peaks towards the south and protected by a ridge in the terrain towards the east.

Location: St Adolfe d’Howard, Canada
Surface area: 64 m²/ 690 p²
Materials: Wood, gypsum panel, paint, ceramic, stainless steel
Collaborator: François Bodlet
Contractor: Patrick Bertrand
Images: Maxime Brouillet
Designed by: Jean Verville architecte

Captivating, but above all ingenious, the project eloquently illustrates the fertile and insightful contribution resulting from the great collusion between architect Jean Verville and his clients.

Project Name: The micro-refuges of the Corporation du Parc du Poisson BlancL

ocation: Notre-Dame-du-Laus, Quebec

Fenestration: Fabelta fenestration systems

Architectural Design: Atelier L’AbriI

nterior Design: Vives St-Laurent

Construction: Modulor

Photographer: Claude Badet

This is our cabin. It's not designed by a leading architect but thought I'd include it anyway.

About the property:

• It’s set in a remote fjord near the City of Vancouver.
• The cabin was built in 1975. It’s about 900 sq. ft. It has one bedroom (loft) and a loft. It also has a couple of bunkhouses on the property.
• The property is a large 3/4 of an acre. Most of it is wild rising up into the forest behind the house which suits us. We’re not into a vacation property that requires expensive and labor-intensive landscaping work. We’ll keep it wild.
• Current power sources include propane and a couple of solar panels. Improving the energy source is one of our priorities.