Retreat / Tag

This vacation home in the interior of São Paulo was designed in 2018 by Studio Arthur Casas for a family with two adult children. The project is divided into two main volumes, displaced from one another. The ground floor contains the entire social area, while the upper volume accommodates the more sheltered suites.

Casa Zirahuén is a holiday house located in a small town of Michoacán in Mexico. From de heights of the hills, the project rests amongs the site’s vegetation. The lake of Zirahuén is to the west, directing all the project’s views towards it. The main goal of Casa Zirahuen’s design was to recreate and reinterpretate the mexican cabin, not only by retaking volumetric aspects but also in vernacular constructive techniques.

Located on the Skåtøy Island in Norway, this small 70 sqm summer house has been completed in 2018 by AtelierOslo.

Set on a startlingly beautiful elevation on this sprawling Breakneck Gorge property, not far outside the tourist hotspot of Hepburn Springs (Australia), Oikos was designed as an indulgent retreat from the city.

Evoking the red centre of this great southern land, it’s a sculptural creation that both complements and disappears into the rugged, precipices on which it perches. Inside, smartly designed spaces are, from every angle, framed by stunning picture windows peeking out onto gum trees. From the sleek soaking bath to the cowhide daybed, every aspect of Oikos is conceived as a peaceful surrender.

Built on the site in 1962, the original dark and opaque cedar cabin left the owners feeling cut off from nature, and they asked for a indoor outdoor retreat that would allow them to be closer to the land and also house an expanded program of three additional bedrooms and sleeping quarters for their extended family. The project has three elements: 1) The repurposed 20’x20’ footprint of the original cabin, 2) the cabin addition, and 3) a new bunkhouse and bathroom to the north.

Designed in 2010 by Avanto Architects, this modern wooden single-story house is located in Vaskivesi, Finland.

Modern summer cottage designed by Oleg Drozdov located on the coast of Odessa bay in Ukraine.

Dômes Charlevoix is a new concept of four seasons eco-luxurious accommodations located in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, next to the Massif de Charlevoix, near Quebec City, Canada.

This timeless and minimalist cabin situated in Canada, was designed by Naturehumaine [architecture+design].

Located in Mexico, this beautiful private residence surrounded by lush vegetation was designed by Lopez Duplan Arquitectos.