From a Fifteenth-century thatched home in England to a ski cabin in Canada, our newest lookbook collects eight cottages with panoramic home windows that provide views of their dramatic environment.
Though maybe extra generally related to cosy, sheltered interiors, cottages can be designed with broad glazing to attach them with the world outdoors and maximise the potential of their scenic settings.
Learn on for eight examples from Canada, Australia and the UK.
That is the most recent in our lookbooks collection, which supplies visible inspiration from Dezeen’s archive. For extra inspiration, see earlier lookbooks that includes plywood panelling, vibrant kitchens and moody bedrooms.
Watercress Cottage, UK, by Greenaway Structure
British studio Greenaway Structure added a minimalist glass extension to this medieval thatched cottage close to Tub, which options floor-to-ceiling glazing knowledgeable by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe’s modernist Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin.
The studio selected straightforward interiors for the open-plan lounge, making a gallery-like area centered on the encircling views of the backyard.
Shadow Home, Australia, by Grotto Studio
Shadow Home is the charred-timber extension of a Twentieth-century cottage in Perth, Australia, designed by native agency Grotto Studio.
The recent addition incorporates a visitor suite lined in murky timber that which opens onto a non-public backyard related to the inside by way of sliding wood-and-glass doorways.
Cottage, Australia, by Zuzana & Nicholas
Elsewhere in Australia, the Zuzana & Nicholas studio reworked a former employees’ cottage in Brisbane right into a light-filled residence and studio.
The higher stage incorporates a sliding wall that reveals a coated eating space overlooking the backyard. A mixture of hardwood panelling, uncovered concrete and steel delineate totally different areas all through the property.
Structure apply Hidden Studio reconfigured the restricted inside of this “poky cottage” on the borders of Hampshire and Surrey by including a up to date concrete and timber extension.
The residing area options sliding glass doorways that, in response to the studio, permit the occupants to “reside within the view”. An inside palette of concrete, plaster and metal was chosen as a utilitarian backdrop for the homeowners’ intensive artwork assortment.
La Brèche, Canada, by Naturehumaine
Ground-to-ceiling nook home windows illuminate the residing area at La Brèche – a ski cottage in Québec by Montreal studio Naturehumaine.
Whereas the outside was knowledgeable by the world’s vernacular structure, the inside consists of extra modern particulars. Polished concrete flooring runs all through the house, accented by pops of color and texture.
Captain Kelly’s Cottage, Tasmania, John Wardle Architects
Australian studio John Wardle Architects repaired this weatherboard cottage on Bruny Island off the coast of Tasmania, which dates again to the 1840s.
The house consists of furnishings created from supplies left over on the finish of the undertaking’s renovation and a full-length window seat with flat cushions that frames views of the encircling bay.
Made from Sand, UK, by Studio Weave
Structure workplace Studio Weave added a geometrical, timber-clad extension to this stone cottage in rural Devon.
The recent quantity incorporates enormous glazed apertures that present views of the Blackdown Hills, which will be noticed from built-in window seats completed in Douglas fir.
Go Dwelling Bay Cabin, Canada, by Ian MacDonald Architect
Go Dwelling Bay Cabin is an island cottage that cantilevers over a rocky hillside in Georgian Bay, Ontario.
Canadian studio Ian MacDonald Architect added a wood-burning range to the residing space, which is illuminated by panoramic glazing. Iconic furnishings items together with a cow-print Le Corbusier chaise longue and Eames rocking chairs function within the light-filled residing area.
