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Infinite Serenity Villa, Jeju, South Korea,

An Architect’s Home, Stockholm, Sweden,

The yurt compound of William Coperthwaite near Machiasport, Maine. 

No one alive has done more to promote yurts than Bill Coperthwaite. Coming across the style in a 1962 National Geographic article, he recognized in the yurt a construction method so simple and durable, that almost anyone, regardless of skill or budget, could build their own home. He’s spent the last 4 decades living off-grid, lecturing, selling plans, and leading hundreds of yurt building workshops around the globe.

Read more on Bill’s life and philosophy in his book: A Handmade Life.

Crystal Peak Lookout in Fernwood, Idaho

Read more about this lookout, including hundreds of cabin photos, featured in our new book. Pre-order available now: cabinporn.com/inside

The tower’s owner, Kristie Mae Wolfe / @kristiemaewolfe, tells us about the history: 

This fire lookout originally built atop a 40-ft wood frame tower by the Washington State Department of Natural Resources in 1959. It was sold for $1 in 1983 on the condition it be removed in 30 days because it was blocking the view from the new, identical, tower. It was then transported to a 7-acre parcel on Crystal Ridge, Idaho (that the owner purchased in trade for a load of logs). The metal tower it sits, was bought at a Government auction.

It exchanged hands a couple more times and had been forgotten about for quite some time. I recently bought the now 13-acres with the lookout and rehabbed it. There was an old leaning wood shed that I turned into a wood burning sauna.

December

Lew Tolstoi School, Berlin, Germany,

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Bright and airy, this attic bathroom by architect Klaus Brockers rings elegant changes on traditional white tile. The blond wood places the design within a classic Nordic context, with its blue sink and white faucet as accents.

Stair detail in Krakow, Poland