Architecture studio Snøhetta has built a group of timber cabins overlooking the Jostedalen glacier in Norway to replace accommodation buildings that were destroyed by a cyclone.
Arranged around the peak of a hill the hiking cabins were built for the for a local branch of the Norwegian National Trekking Association. They replace the original Tungestølen Tourist Cabin, which was destroyed by cyclone Dagmar in 2011.

Designed with the fate of the previous building in mind, Snøhetta gave the new cabins a robust form. Each of the buildings' outward-facing walls has a pointed shape to help deflect wind coming up the valley.
This design feature unites the main dining block, dormitory building and individual cabins by giving them all pentagonal sections.
"The pentagonal shapes of the cabins stand out from traditional Norwegian cabin design," said senior architect at Snøhetta Anne Cecilie Haug.
"Although the colours and materials of Tungestølen are inspired by other surrounding cabins, these new cabins represent something new and also surprising," she told Dezeen.

The main cabin contains a lounge with an open fireplace and communal dining area within the pentagon-shaped form. Alongside this building is a dormitory block that can accommodate 30 visitors and a storage building, which is also pentagonal.

A single, four-bed cabin has been completed, with four more planned to be built on the site. One of these will be the same design as the architecture studi...