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7 Woodsy Retreats
November 20, 2015
Surrounded by verdant scenery, these modern houses are a lovely escape from civilization.
Architect David Battersby and Heather Howat perched a 3,500-square-foot vacation house on a steep, remote site overlooking British Columbia’s Center Bay. The home is accessible by a meandering trail through the foliage.
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Sama Jim Canzian
Originally appeared in A Jaw-Dropping Modern Cabin Nestled Into a Steep Hillside in British Columbia
A small prefabricated structure, used as a yoga studio, is located about 100 miles north of Toronto and overlooks the Lake of Bays. Thanks to its wooden cladding, the outbuilding blends nicely into its forested surroundings.
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Jorge Torres
Originally appeared in High-Tech Prefab Outbuilding is a Surprisingly Peaceful Retreat
In Lac Supérieur, outside Montreal, the Fraternité-sur-Lac resort site is home to a series of modern, modular residences designed by YH2. The site's 21 cabins are designed to take advantage of the area's natural setting with large windows that overlook the forest.
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Julien Perron-Gagné
Originally appeared in A Refreshing Modern Update on the Log Cabin
Architect Bill Yudchitz asked his son, Daniel, to help him create a self-sustaining multi-level family cabin on a wooded bluff 2.6 miles outside Bayfield, Wisconsin. Measuring only 9 by 10 feet and standing 12 feet high, the space is a smidgen taller than a typical storage shed.
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Originally appeared in Camping with Dad Just Got Cooler
Elizabeth Birdsall’s Charlottesville, Virginia, homestead sits on a heavily wooded lot saddled between two small rivers. A new design with plenty of outdoor spaces by Anna Boeschenstein of Grounded Landscape Architecture & Design makes enjoying the woods an easy experience.
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Originally appeared in How This Landscape Design Made a Home as Fun as a Playground
Maca Huneeus, an interior designer, worked with architects John Maniscalco and Rob Kelly to build a decidedly modern retreat for her family that's nestled among a series of Alpine-style chalets near Lake Tahoe.
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Originally appeared in The Ski Retreat for All Seasons
This minimalist home, nestled into a ridge in a 1960s subdivision outside of Raleigh, North Carolina, is surrounded by clusters of golden beeches, scads of scarlet dogwoods, and a sienna-tinted chestnut tree, and celebrates its vistas from every room.
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Originally appeared in Minimal North Carolina Home Built for a Tech-Forward West Coast Couple
Architect David Battersby and Heather Howat perched a 3,500-square-foot vacation house on a steep, remote site overlooking British Columbia’s Center Bay. The home is accessible by a meandering trail through the foliage.
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