The cabin measures a snug 115 sq ft (10 sq m) and consists of a timber frame, with the exterior finished in either black or silver metal, or natural wood.

But how can a simple timber framer stand up to to the energy industry? He found inspiration in the works of Henry David Thoreau, and built a cabin.

Meet Clara & Edwin, a young couple living off-grid in a self-built tiny home in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. After spending three years helping family friends rebuild their timber frame cabin ...

Learn more about the families who helped build their own cabins using cross-laminated timber, elevated, low-impact design and more green building practices.

I designed a small single-room timber frame cabin and then found a local timber-framer through a contact at the North House Folk School in Grand Marais.

To capture the lantern effect, the architects hung a bespoke layered cladding system from the timber frame and laser cut marine-grade plywood rain screen for the building’s four exterior walls.

Swedish architect Hanna Michelson has completed a two-storey timber cabin on stilts, as the first of four getaways built for the Bergaliv Landscape Hotel.