Bruny Island Cabin is a wood-lined off-grid holiday home in Tasmania designed by architecture studio Maguire + Devin featuring only built-in furniture.
Apart from a mattress and a freestanding low table, every element in the cabin is part of the frame.

Maguire + Devin created Bruny Island Cabin for a client who wanted an off-grid retreat on 99 acres of land she owns on the Tasmanian island.
"Born in Taiwan, she spent her childhood in traditional Japanese houses," explained the studio.
"Out of this grew a love for highly crafted minimalist design. Our brief was to capture that and design a building as a piece of furniture with everything she needs built-in."

The cabin's owner likes to read, play the violin and stargaze, so shelves and outdoor spots were prioritised in the design. Rainwater collection held in underground tanks supplies the cabin's water, and solar panels generate electricity.

A wood-fired burner can be lit to provide warmth, and bottled gas heats water and powers the cooker.
Gas bottles and firewood are kept in a separate timber shelter further up the slope, which doubles as a privacy screen.

No windows face the dark tree line of the forest behind the house, and the roof is pitched to slope upwards and away towards the southern side of the site.
Most of the windows face south towards more open views. Skylights in the roof are angled to catch sunlight where it can reach over the trees.

Bruny Island Cabin is flanked by two decks, one to...