Buffalo Tent

The Tobin Island Boathouse is worth a serious look should you be out and around Lake Rousseau, a part of the Muskoka Lakes in Ontario, Canada. Designed by the AKB Architects team, the sleek minimal and edgy look is beautifully integrated in its luscious natural surroundings. This boathouse uses mainly weathered cedar wood with a special charred treatment, similar to an old Japanese technique, known as the Shou Sugi Ban, which helps the whole thing seamlessly blend w...
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Alien Buffalo is a new brand that designs modernized camping equipment. Their new line of shelters is built specifically for use while traveling, on expeditions, and at outdoor festivals, it is inspired by the structural design that has served nomadic people well for thousands of years, a triangular pyramid-like dwelling. The Buffalo Tent is a state-of-the-art shelter, it has no center pole, and the fabric is already attached to the an anodized aluminum frame that f...
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Finnish designers Aleksi Hautamaki and Milla Selkimaki purchased a 5-acre island two years ago, on the edge of the Archipelago National Park in Finland, and have since built this self-sufficient summer house that includes a sauna, a guesthouse and a workshop. Named Project O (after the Swedish word for island), it features two cabins on the site, the main cabin has a central covered outdoor area that separates the living area from the bedrooms and bathrooms, whilst ...
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