The Bolder
Lysefjord, Rogaland · Sleeps 2–6
Six off-grid cabins cantilevered above the Lysefjord, four of them by Snøhetta.
££££ · Splurge
- Fjord views
- Architect-designed
- Off-grid
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Architect-designed cabins
Buildings that were drawn by somebody rather than ordered from a catalogue. Sometimes that means a glass box on a cliff and sometimes it means a shed done properly.
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Gavião Nature Village
Gavião, Portalegre · Sleeps 2–8
Ten shelters built from local cork oak, beside the river beach at Alamal on the Tejo.
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- Architect-designed
- Organic farm
- Wild swimming
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Treehotel
Harads · Sleeps 2–5
Seven architect-designed rooms in the pines fifty kilometres south of the Arctic Circle, including one clad entirely in mirrors.
££££ · Splurge
- Treetop cabins
- Architect-designed
- Northern lights
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Woodnest
Odda, Vestland · Sleeps 2–4
Four treehouses anchored to living pines six metres above Odda, looking down the Sørfjorden.
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- Treetop cabins
- Architect-designed
- Fjord views
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Granö Beckasin
Granö · Sleeps 2–4
Bird's-nest cabins built from reclaimed timber high in the pines above the Ume river.
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- Treetop cabins
- Architect-designed
- Northern lights
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Juvet Landscape Hotel
Valldal, Møre og Romsdal · Sleeps 2–4
The original Norwegian landscape hotel: glass-walled rooms scattered through a river gorge, each angled so you cannot see another.
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- Architect-designed
- Sauna
- Total seclusion
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Looking Glass Lodge
Fairlight, East Sussex · Sleeps 2
An architect-designed lodge with full-height smart-glass walls that turn opaque at the flick of a switch, hidden in private ancient woodland in the High Weald.
From £295 / night
- Panoramic smart-glass walls
- Wood burner
- Private woodland
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Manshausen
Steigen, Nordland
Sea cabins cantilevered off a private island's stone quay in Steigen, north of the Arctic Circle.
££££ · Splurge
- Over the water
- Architect-designed
- Above the Arctic Circle
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PAN Treetop Cabins
Finnskogen, Innlandet · Sleeps 4–6
Steel-clad cabins on stilts in the Finnskogen forest, winner of the European Steel Design Award.
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- Treetop cabins
- Architect-designed
- Private woodland
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57 Nord
Wester Ross, Scottish Highlands · Sleeps 2–4
Scandinavian-Highland design hideaways with floor-to-ceiling loch and mountain views near Eilean Donan and Skye.
From £250 / night
- Loch views
- Stone bathtubs
- Food hampers
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