Do you find black buildings harsh, gloomy, or even foreboding" How about when their shapes are just as dramatic as their color, with rooflines as sharp as the edges of blades" Perhaps you wouldn?t consider a stark black structure that slices up into the sky the most welcoming sight, but on the edge of Norway, it?s actually quite a fitting way to greet the northern landscape.

Created by the firm sivilarkitet espen surnevik as, the PAN-cabins are a pair of rentals located along Norway?s eastern forests in an area named Finnskogen (after the Finnish immigrants who settled there in the 16th century). Just northeast of Oslo on the border with Sweden, the area is known for its beautiful scenery, skiing, hiking trails, and frequent sightings of wildlife like moose.
The small dwellings are elevated high up into the treetops to take advantage of the location, gazing out at the surrounding forests. Set on six-meter-high steel frames (about 20 feet), the structures are more like lookout towers than traditional hotel rooms, featuring striking black facades with roof tiles that resemble the scales of enormous fish or reptiles.

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