This 350-square-foot cabin is a small perch for its occupant. When you?re inside or on the deck, you are raised up above the landscape with an excellent view out onto the Sol Duc River. And the interior is like a warm, dry nest. It is located in one of the few temperate rainforests in the world, and ?rainforest? here means wet and rather cold, as opposed to wet and hot. Putting the cabin on stilts protects it from the clammy dampness and occasional flooding.

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Architects: Olson Kundig

Location: Beaver, United States

Lead Architects: Tom Kundig (Design Principal), Edward Lalonde (Project Manager)

Area: 400.0 ft2

Project Year: 2011

Photographs: Benjamin Benschneider
General Contractor: Schuchart/Dow

Structural Engineer: MCE Consultants

Civil Engineer: Zanovic and Associates

© Benjamin Benschneider

From the architect. This 350-square-foot cabin is a small perch for its occupant. When you?re inside or on the deck, you are raised up above the landscape with an excellent view out onto the Sol Duc River. And the interior is like a warm, dry nest. It is located in one of the few temperate rainforests in the world, and ?rainforest? here means wet and rather cold, as opposed to wet and hot. Putting the cabin on stilts protects it from the clammy dampness and occasional flooding.

© Benjamin Benschneider

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