The Ever So Cool.

Timber House. Taylor Smith Architects. Lake Simcoe. Ontario.Canada. images (c) Taylor Smith Architects

_The school is embedded within Casablanca Hill, disrupting the organic contours of the landscape

UK based PAD Studio designed this modern wooden retreat is situated within the New Forest National Park in United Kingdom.

Three simple ‘slipped’ orthogonal box forms break up the bulk of the building.

The building is clad with Glass Reinforced Concrete panels, with warm timber-textured elements to offer some relief.

Haus am Felsen | Elmar Ludescher Architekt

from Tempo Polveroso (2015) by Frederik Vercruysse

Photo: Fran Parente

Good wood - distressed, rustic, gritty? All of the above and all out awesome. Alejandro Sticotti’s holiday home in Uruguay is a combination of weathered wood and textured concrete.

"The long, thin volume of the house conforms to the natural contours of the land and the geometries of the bluff, deforming its shape and structure in response, much like the banana slug native to the region’s seaside forests. In this way, the complex structural system applies natural forms to accommodate the siting. The main bearing system of the house is set back twelve feet from the bluff, both to protect the cliff’s delicate ecosystem and to ensure the structure’s integrity and safety. The house itself is cantilevered over the bluff. The interior is a shelter, an elegant refuge in contrast with the roughness and immense scale of the ocean and cliff."

Szczepaniak Astridge

Half Cave House / Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP Photos © Nacasa & Partners Inc.