Basements and foundations are usually made of concrete and insulated with plastic foam. Being built on stilts gets rid of a lot of those problematic materials.
If you’ve set up home on a lake, chances are you're there because you love to be outside. Your days are most likely spent outdoors, so you don't need much as far as a house goes: a place to lay your head, cook dinner, and seek refuge when the weather takes a turn. Amenities are nice, but when you already have so much at your doorstep, they take a backseat. It’s no wonder, then, that there are so many incredible lake houses with small footprints. We wouldn't mind heading off to any one of these tiny lake houses for a long weekend (or full summer) of fishing, boating, and relaxation.
This contemporary treehouse-inspired cabin is built on stilts and features a U-shape and a central courtyard.
On a small site surrounded by forests in coastal Maine, the team at Whitten Architects built a wonderful cabin retreat that blends together modern design
Canadian architect Natalie Dionne has completed a forest retreat in southeastern Quebec, which is raised up on stilts to meet the level of the rocky landscape.
Once you ascend the stairs of this treehouse, you'll never want to climb back down. There's a heater and an air conditioner, so it's perfect for the summer or winter months, and it's impeccably designed (the owners also run a design shop in the city, so it's no surprise).Cost: $282 per nightBook here.
Sol Duc Cabin in Olymic Peninsula is a low maintenance building with virtually indestructible design created by Tom Kundig of Olson Kundig Architects.
THE USA TODAY BESTSELLER "Remarkable debut.... a] nearly flawless tale of loss, perseverance and redemption."--Publishers Weekly, STARRED review Perfect for readers of Where The Crawdads Sing Set in 1920s Mississippi, this debut Southern novel weaves a beautiful and harrowing story of two teenage girls cast in an unlikely partnership through murder. Ada promised herself she would never go back to the Trace, to her hard life on the swamp and her harsh father. But now, after running away to Baton Rouge and briefly knowing a different kind of life, she finds herself with nowhere to go but back home. And she knows there will be a price to pay with her father. Matilda, daughter of a sharecropper, is from the other side of the Trace. Doing what she can to protect her family from the whims and demands of some particularly callous locals is an ongoing struggle. She forms a plan to go north, to pack up the secrets she's holding about her life in the South and hang them on the line for all to see in Ohio. As the two girls are drawn deeper into a dangerous world of bootleggers and moral corruption, they must come to terms with the complexities of their tenuous bond and a hidden past that links them in ways that could cost them their lives.
Batak House - Indonesia
One-of-17 "Platform Houses" built by the seminal architect.
Riva del Garda is an elegant town on Italy's largest lake - Lago di Garda. From local sights to views and hikes, find the best things to do there for a trip to remember.
a home designed by marcel breuer and extended by toshiko mori is on the market in new canaan, connecticut for $4.35 million USD.
Newly-inscribed World Heritage Sites, from Latin American cathedrals to African ruins.
This charming cabin on stilts perched over an uneven rocky site in Norway is a holiday home for an interior architect, an artist and their two children. Oslo-based studio Lund Hagem designed Cabin Lille Arøya to be an extension of the majestic landscape.