Vacation home, cabin, beach shack, lodge, weekender… we call them by many names but they all should serve the same purpose – a place to relax away from the everyday world. Many achieve the dream and watch it turn to a nightmare as comprehension dawns that they now have two home to maintain.
The homes here are chosen due to their low (or relatively low) maintenance requirements.
This amazing home was factory built and trucked to site
The Drew House – Nth Queensland Australia
The Trunk House – a beautiful example of integration with nature using whole tree architecture techniques.
The Trunk House – Central Highlands Victoria Australia
A quiet place in Sweden
A low maintenance vacation home…
Simple elegance working with its environment
A Martha’s Vineyard Retreat
The beauty and stability of timber
Great Barrier Island – New Zealand
Riding the waves…
A guest house – Casey Key Florida
Four seasons on the Baltic Sea
Villa Krona - Kemiö island Finland
Is winter getting you down?
Koh Tao Beach Villas
Light personified…
Seaview House - Victoria Australia
- Does the definition of ‘Green Building’ include this?
Truckee Retreat
- Superb detail…
Kona Residence – Belzberg Architects
It’s great to be alive…
A Dream By The Water – Merrick Architecture
Delta shelter…
Cabin In The Woods - Olson Kundig Architects
Casual living?
Summer House - Birštonas Lithuania
Stark but full of warmth…
A House at Mountain – Nagano Japan
Dry-stacked stone, raw concrete, timber and sedum…
Minimum maintenance in Norway… Filter Architects
Rustic sophistication?
Chicken Point Cabin – Olson Kundig Architects
A new take on an old concept…
The Joshua Tree House - Italy
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Island House – Widjedal Racki Bergerhoff Architects
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Tutukaka House – Crosson Clarke Carnachan Architects
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Yatsugatake Villa – MDS
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Casa Almare – Eliaz Rizo
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Casa Kolonihagen – Tommie Wilhelmsen
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Hanare – Schemata Architects
Once a journey, now just 90 minutes from Tokyo…
Shell House - Nagano Japan
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Ribbon House – G2 Estudio
Just an hour from Sydney…
Bowen Mountain House – NSW Australia
Modular and pre-fabricated living…
Paihia Retreat – Bay of Plenty New Zealand
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Pretty Beach House
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Loblolly House – Kieran Timberlake
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Buzeta House – Felipe Assadi
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Casa Ponce – Mathias Klotz (BERNSTEIN Y KLOTZ)
Isn’t this a great day bed under the stair, with the storage under the bed and the gorgeous window?
Have you ever accused someone of living in a bubble?
Personally, this is my kind of house - beautiful timber, great natural light, and really open plan, but...
Isn’t this a great day bed under the stair, with the storage under the bed and the gorgeous window?
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What do you like about this bedroom?
What are you planning to do outdoors this weekend? Could you use a space like this?
In need of a disappearing balcony? Wouldn't we all like a little more fresh air and sunshine? Here are...
This great room is in the Seagull House in Devon, and I personally think it is beautiful.
This fireplace is in an earthship living room.
