Tag: Woodland
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Woodland Retreat for Privacy and Relaxation
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Hutten & Co. Land and ShoreSave Photo The deck overlooks a backyard that borders a natural woodland. Native plantings, mulch paths and a water feature blur the boundary between the designed landscape and the natural area beyond. “We managed the two by selective removals and thinning along the woodlot, then careful reintroduction of other plants,…
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Polysmiths refurbishes Walden basement flat to evoke woodland cabin
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Architecture studio Polysmiths has redesigned a basement apartment in north London to feel like a “cabin in the woods”, surrounding its sunken living area with lush planting. Named Walden after the novel by naturalist Henry David Thoreau, the apartment in Tufnell Park required refurbishing after being left vacant and damaged due to flash flooding. Polysmiths…
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Rams will move headquarters, practice facility to Woodland Hills
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The Los Angeles Rams will move their practice facility to Woodland Hills next season as part of a large-scale real estate development planned by owner Stan Kroenke that could help give the car-centric Warner Center district a more urban feel. The Rams officially announced the long-expected move Tuesday at an outdoor shopping center that Kroenke…
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BABELstudio designs “archetypal” woodland cabin in the Basque Country
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Architecture practice BABELstudio has completed Aralar Cottage, a black wooden cabin in the Basque Country with a hinged side that opens the interior to the surrounding forest. Surrounded by the lush vegetation of Sierra de Aralar, the cabin was designed by BABELstudio for a couple based in Bilbao who enjoy carpentry and hiking. It has…
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This serene woodland cabin hideaway in Michigan is inspired by nature
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Searl Lamaster Howe Architects in partnership with Estkowski Construction has created this woodland cabin hideaway nestled near Three Rivers, Michigan. The Chicago-based homeowners set out on a five-year journey spanning four states in search of their ideal family weekend getaway. Their search was guided by a yearning for serenity and the allure of a more…
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A New Pool and Pavilion With Woodland Views
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This Great Falls, Virginia, backyard was a blank slate when the homeowners hired Pristine Acres to landscape it. Their wish list included a pool, spa and pavilion where the family of four could enjoy time outdoors. “The homeowners were looking to create a spot that would get their kids outside and off their screens, and…
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A woodland cabin retreat in the serene Balsam Mountains, North Carolina
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Altura Architects has designed this woodland cabin retreat that is located in a dense forest at a high elevation in the Balsam Mountains, North Carolina. The homeowner is an avid outdoorsman and environmentalist who had secured a unique piece of land within a red spruce forest on a mountain ridge at 5,700 feet elevation. The dense evergreen forest…
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Twelve forest houses in deep woodland from Dezeen’s Pinterest
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Over the last two weeks searches for “forest house” have doubled on Pinterest, so we’ve rounded up twelve woodland architecture projects. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest! These popular forest homes – including cabins, hotels and private houses – are located in secluded areas, surrounded by woodland and incorporating large windows to maximise the proximity to nature.…