Cabins

Life in the woods: Creative cabin architecture

Ever since Henry David Thoreau’s described his two years, two months, and two days of cabin existence at Walden Pond, Massachusetts in Walden, or, Life in the Woods (1854), the idea of a refuge dwelling has seduced the modern psyche.

In the past decade, as our material existence and environmental footprint has grown exponentially,...

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Lifeinthewoods:CreativecabinarchitectureEversinceHenryDavidThoreau’sdescribedhistwoyears,twomonths,andtwodaysofcabinexistenceatWaldenPond,MassachusettsinWalden,or,LifeintheWoods(1854),theideaofarefugedwellinghasseducedthemodernpsyche.Inthepastdecade,asourmaterialexistenceandenvironmentalfootprinthasgrownexponentially,architectsaroundtheglobehavebecomeparticularlyinterestedinthepossibilitiesoftheminimal,low-impact,andisolatedabode.ThisnewTASCHENtitle,combininginsightfultext,richphotographyandbright,contemporaryillustrationsbyMarie-LaureCruschi,exploreshowthisparticulararchitecturaltypepresentsspecialopportunitiesforcreativethinking.Ineschewingexcess,thecabinlimitsactualspatialintrusiontothebareessentialsoflivingrequirements,whileinrespondingtoitstypicallyrusticsetting,itforegroundseco-friendlysolutions.Assuch,thecabincomestoshowcasesomeofthemostinventiveandforward-lookingpracticeofcontemporaryarchitecture,withRenzoPiano,TerunobuFujimori,TomKundigandmanyfreshyoungprofessionalsallembracingsuchdistilledsanctuaryspaces.Thecabinsselectedforthispublicationemphasizethevarietyofthegenre,bothintermsofusageandgeography.FromanartiststudioontheSuffolkcoastinEnglandtoeco-homehutsintheWesternGhatsregionofIndia,thissurveyisasexcitinginitsinternationalreachasitisinitsarrayofbriefs,clients,andsituations.Constantthroughout,however,isarchitecturalinnovation,andaninspiringsenseofcontemplationandcoexistenceaspeoplereturntonatureandtoalessdestructivemodelofbeingintheworld.TextinEnglish,French,andGerman