In the past decade, as our material existence and environmental footprint has grown exponentially, architects around the globe have become particularly interested in the possibilities of the minimal, low-impact, and isolated abode. This title explores how this particular architectural type presents special opportunities for creative thinking.

Introduction : Fit to entertain a traveling god -- Alpine cabin -- Boathouse -- Bowen Mountain residence -- Cabanas no Rio huts -- Cabin 4:12 -- Cabin Gj-9 -- Cabin on Flathead Lake -- Clavo Lain renovation -- Clearlake It cabin -- Container guesthouse -- Diane Middlebrook Studios -- Diogene -- Dovecote Studio -- Dragonfly -- Drop Eco-Hotel -- Estate bungalow -- Extension Vb4 -- Flake House -- Foster Loop cabin -- Four-cornered villa -- Fragile shelter -- Franke-Mirzian bunkhouse -- Garoza House -- Green box -- Guesthouse -- House arc -- Hustadvika tools -- Hypercubus -- Island house -- Juvet Landscape Hotel -- Lake house -- Leaprus 3912 -- Loftcube -- Longen-Schloeder Winery -- Methow Cabin -- Monk's cabin -- Morerava cottages -- Mountain cabin -- Nido -- Outlandia fieldstation -- Passage house -- River structures -- Salt Spring Island cabin -- Shelter Bygg -- Sneeoosh cabin -- St. Albans residence -- Storkhouse -- Summer house -- Sunset cabin -- Sustainable cabin -- Tau-Nuss tree house -- The boathouse -- Tree house on Hood Canal -- "Tree huts in Paris" -- Tree snake houses -- Trunk house -- Tye River cabin -- Vardehaugen cabin -- Welcome Bridge -- Wintergreen cabin -- Zig zag cabin.