Modern Cabin

by Michelle Kodis

Overview

Modern Cabin turns a true icon on its head-radically redefining what a cabin can be. For those who've always wanted a woodsy retreat but want to create a softer environment footprint, Michelle Kodis has gathered twenty-two examples of mountain retreats that push the envelope of cabin architecture and lead the way for the cabin of the future. Architects are creating structures that showcase inspiring and innovative construction methods and materials-including prefab components, environmentally responsible and energy-efficient building techniques, and even "smart" house technology.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781423622918
Publisher:	Smith, Gibbs Publisher
Publication date:	03/01/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	192
File size:	17 MB
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About the Author

Michelle Kodis is also the author of the Gibbs Smith title Blueprint Small: Creative Ways to Live With Less. Since receiving her master of science degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in 1991, she has written about a broad range of topics, including architecture and design, science, the environment, health and medicine, business, and cuisine. She lives with her husband near Telluride, Colorado, and is currently at work on additional architecture/design books for Gibbs Smith Publisher.

Read an Excerpt

This alignment of simple details and dividing lines from space to space create a living environment that is very composed. I like to think the house shows the warmer side of modern architecture.

This alignment of simple details and dividing lines from space to space create a living environment that is very composed. I like to think the house shows the warmer side of modern architecture.

Table of Contents

5 Acknowledgments

8 Introduction

14 UPDATED RUSTIC CHARM Cabins with a traditional look and feel but updated for today's lifestyles

16 The Little Cabin That Could

22 At Home in the Meadow

32 Lily Pad Cabin

38 New Life for a Salvaged Building

46 Three Reclaimed Cabins Become One

54 Eco-Friendly Beach Retreat

62 Traditional Outside, Modern Inside

70 BEYOND THE TRADITIONAL CABIN

Buildings that feature contemporary styling and materiality but reflect a familiar cabin vernacular

72 European-Influenced Alpine Dwelling

80 A View to San Francisco

88 Slopeside Mining Vernacular

98 High Design, Low Budget

108 Texas Hill Country Getaway

118 Harnessing the Sun

126 Simple, Functional, Highly Livable

136 INTO THE FUTURE

Modern in every way: new ideas for building and outfitting a cabin retreat

138 Private Sleeping Cabin

146 The Transparent House

154 Black Box

160 Solid as a Rock

170 City Style in the Mountains

180 A River Runs under It

188 High-Tech Lake House

198 "Green" Prefab Cabin

206 Resources