A small guest cabin near Montauk, New York with all the fixings. Built on an existing foundation, this 12’ x 15’ footprint is smaller than a single car garage but packed out with the full functionality of a house four times its size. The small kitchen and storage zone is tucked in under the narrow stair. The flue of the teeny wood-burning fireplace extends from ground floor to roof line, emphasizing the double-height space. A solid, reclaimed hickory clad exterior at the North and West facades provide privacy from the main house on the property, while the East and South facades are punched with openings to view the adjoining national forest service land.
Design by BC-OA, photographs by Barkow Photo.
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Located on the non-ferry served Obstruction Island, the site was completely untouched and only occupied by a mature montane forest of Douglas fir, cedar, hemlock, and spruce. Before any construction was done on site, Carsten and his family camped on the property for two years to understand the hidden moments and seasonal changes of the place. During this time much care was taken to clear dead and fallen trees to only discover a church-like outdoor space, a mossy clearing surrounded by 150-foot-tall trees. This became the permanent location for the cabin, tucked inland so the building wouldn’t be visible from the jaggy and rocky shoreline. The design and construction of the cabin was done together as a family. Aiming to strike a balance of simplicity and basic comfort in this weekend retreat, you get a feeling as though you are immersed in the natural elements of the forest.
The materials for the cabin were carefully chosen and economized to fit onto two small lumber trucks coming in on barge. All materials were dropped at the top of the 2.5-acre site and carried down by hand, piece by piece, to the mossy clearing. The finishes are durable and simple. The 2x4 framing was left exposed on the interior with fire-resistant mineral wool insulation applied to the exterior, then clad with Alaskan yellow cedar boards with a Sho Sugi Ban finish. In the interior, a second life was given to a 1960 Danish fireplace and 100-year-old steel windows. The kitchen equipment is movable and interchangeable, just enough to cook healthy and tasty meals. The electrical and plumbing was kept as rudimentary as possible so to not rely on technicians coming in from the mainland.
Architect - Carsten Stinn
Photographs by @seanair More photos on @cabinporn.
‘Eagle’ - one of the newly opened cabins by @Hutstuf in La Roche-en-Ardenne, Belgium. Designed by architects and entrepreneurs Toon De Keyser and Francis Belaen. Photographed by @dietervancaneghem More photos on @cabinporn.
Some of the cabins at b-Home Studio a “collaborative construction of small scale vernacular, experimental, and visionary architecture samples” located in Catskill, New York. Photographs by Tamara Beckwith More photos on @cabinporn.
A small houseboat named Sneci on Lake Tisza in Hungary. Designed by @benetamas_works Photographs by @studio_meter More photos on @cabinporn.
The @huskacreekcabin in Delhi, NY From the owners Gemma and Nick: “We found Huska Creek Cabin when it was just a shell and spent 5 months in the summer of 2022 restoring the cabin, being mindful to keep its original charm.
Huska Creek Cabin sits on 6.5 acres complete with private meadow and creek. Once owned by a famous New York playwright who used the cabin as a writing retreat (with no bathroom, kitchen or heat - literally a shell) and featured in a design magazine in the 80s, Huska Creek Cabin has a truly unique feel and is a magical experience.
We believe that if a place is thoughtfully designed, it doesn’t matter how big it is. We’ve made sure that every inch of the cabin retains the woodland retreat vibe yet is now fully functional including adding a bathroom, heating system, kitchen and all the mod cons that bring it into the 21st century.” Photographs by @noahkalina More photos on @cabinporn.
