Explore the varied themes that surround contemporary homes away in this broad survey of contemporary designs across the Canadian landscape .Whether cabin,cottage ,camp or caban ,such retreats hold a deeply rooted presence in teh psyche of an increasingly diverse and urban population.

Illustrated by the outstanding work of the country's most distinguished architects and designers ,this selection of projects should appeal to anyone interested in contemporary design as wells as those whose lives have been touched by the special experience of having cottage or cabin provide shelter in the landscape.

Explore the varied themes that surround contemporary homes away in this broad survey of contemporary designs across the Canadian landscape .Whether cabin,cottage ,camp or caban ,such retreats hold a deeply rooted presence in teh psyche of an increasingly diverse and urban population.

Illustrated by the outstanding work of the country's most distinguished architects and designers ,this selection of projects should appeal to anyone interested in contemporary design as wells as those whose lives have been touched by the special experience of having cottage or cabin provide shelter in the landscape.

Edited by Chris Macdonalk ,the collection also includes extended essays by designers Herbert Enns and Peter Prangnell that critically between house and its surroundings and the anticipation of escape and immediacy that their own projects provide.

Cabin,cottage ,camp...

Cabin

housr in Mulmur Hills #2

IAN MACDONALD ARCHITECT INC.

PIERRE THIBAULT ARCHITECTE

PATKAU ARCHITECTS

Countryside

Gulf Island Residence

BATTERSBYHOWAT

FLORIAN MAURER ARCHITECT INC.

Camp

Experimental Buildings at Shoal Lake

HERBERT ENNS

Violence & Mercy/Black & White

HERBERT ENNS

Caban

Habitats Ldgers

PIERRE THIBAULT ARCHITECTE

La Petite Maison du Weekend

PATKAU ARCHITECTS

Ravine Guest House and Re~lecting Pool

SHIM-SUTCLIFFE ARCHITECTS

Cottage

Hobby house,Euphrasia

PETER PRANGNELL AND ANTHONY BELCHER

Hobby House

PETER PRANGNELL

Community

Moorelands Camp Dining Hall and Kitchen

SHIM-SUTCLIFFE ARCHITECTS

Ghost Research Lab

BRIAN MACKAY-LYONS ARCHITECT LTD.

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