US studio Tall Architects has created a cabin that has two stacked gabled forms that are rotated into an X-shape and clad in corrugated metal near a river in southern Alabama.
Known as Fowl River Cabin, the 2,100-square foot (195-square metre) residence was completed in 2023 in Theodore, Alabama ? a small community along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico.
Alabama forms the site for Fowl River Cabin
"When looking at the site and analysing the client's goals for the project, we knew that the siting of the building and the way it interacted with the river and trees was going to be just as crucial as the design itself," the Tall Architects team told Dezeen.
The studio ? run by partners Madison and Mark Talley in Ocean Springs, Mississippi ? carefully analysed the site to accommodate existing trees, views of the river, access to the water and nearby buildings and to create a residence that respects the site and its natural features. Tall Architects designed the X-shaped building with corrugated metal cladding
The house is elevated four feet above the ground ? as mandated by local codes and flood elevation regulations ? on six-inch round steel columns.
Atop the supports sit two gabled forms clad in black corrugated metal, which was selected to help the building "disappear within the landscape while providing a connection to nature at every turn."
The cladding was made from recycled material
The exterior cladding was selected for its cost efficiency, ease of inst...