Cabins

Retreats shaped by place.

Cabins that are designed around compact footprints, essential amenities and a close engagement with their landscape.

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In the Gold Coast hinterland, Tallowwood Cabin works within the limits of a protected bushland site to create a compact cabin embedded in the tree canopies

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Bittern Cabin by Nic Morgante

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Set within lowland forest on the Mornington Peninsula, Bittern Cabin uses a compact footprint and carefully defined thresholds to bring daily occupation closer to the surrounding landscape.

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Olive Street Cabin by MGAO

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On Victoria’s Great Ocean Road, Olive Street Cabin uses a small footprint, rational plan and carefully limited palette to reconsider what an architect’s own house actually needs.

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How This Small Off-Grid Cabin Embodies the Idea of Minimalism

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What does it mean to create a home that offers shelter in a place defined by exposure? Elemental House responds with a design shaped by restraint, resilience and a more deliberate way of living.

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Killora Bay by Lara Maeseele

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Set among protected white gums, Killora Bay works within the site’s ecological constraints to create a retreat that blends into rather than imposes upon the landscape.

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How This Minimalist Tiny Home Allows You to Escape to Nature

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Drawing inspiration from livestock sheds that scatter farmlands, MGAO designed a tiny home to sit in any landscape and not detract from the picturesque view.

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Mansfield Container House by Robbie J Walker

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Would you live in a shipping container home? There’s no denying it, they are not like a traditional home, but the result can be extraordinary.

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