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Weekend Cabin | The Hemloft

The Hemloft is a self-funded secret creation by Joel Allen, a Canadian software developer-turned-carpenter. The beautiful egg-shaped house is a tree-house retreat in Whistler, Canada. It hangs on a precipitous slope, in a towering stand of Hemlocks, about a five minute walk from the nearest road. Joe also created a website for "The Hemloft" you can read his interesting story, from becoming a carpenter, to finding the perfect spot and tree, and funding the project. source



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SURFSIDE RESIDENCE | BY STEVEN HARRIS ARCHITECTS - Image

SURFSIDE RESIDENCE | BY STEVEN HARRIS ARCHITECTS

The Surfside Residence, designed by Steven Harris Architects is a contemporary residence in Montauk Point, at the Hamptons. With views of dawn’s first light at Montauk Point to the setting sun over Shadmoor covered bluffs and the surf below, this ocean front modern masterpiece dissolves boundaries between interior and exterior. The house features stairs that lead down to a private beach with some of the county’s best surfing and fishing. This stunnin...
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CASA TILL | BY WMR ARCHITECTS - Image

CASA TILL | BY WMR ARCHITECTS

"Casa Till" is our latest dream house, designed by WRM Architects this low single story wooden construction is the ultimate retreat. The small ecological wooden house is wedged snugly into a cliff in Los Arcos, Chile, offering guests uninterrupted and breathtaking views of the sea and sky. The open floor plan employs a system of sliding walls, allowing for flexible room sizes and privacy levels, and large floor to ceiling windows create a large...
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MIRROR POINT COTTAGE

Architectural firm MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple have created an amazing cottage that is inspired by schooners, sheds and farmhouses. Comissioned as a holiday retreat, the Mirror Point Cottage is located in southwestern Nova Scotia, in a dense hardwood forest, comprised of cedar, pine, and oak, in front of a beautiful lake. The hovering building forms a cantilevered structure that frames the lake beautifully as you approach the shoreline. Beneath the structure, is a full-...
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