Andrew Burns Architecture has nestled a pair of lodges along a forested hiking trail in southeast Tasmania, which both offer visitors uninterrupted ocean views.

Situated on the Tasman Peninsula, the Three Capes Track Lodges have been designed by Andrew Burns Architecture to blend seamlessly into their immediate rugged terrain while providing "refined, yet essential" accommodation for hikers.
The two lodges are set five hours apart and form part of a four-day hiking route that traverses along dolerite cliffs, which rise up to 300 metres above sea level.

"The lodges are intentionally secondary to this landscape, whilst celebrating a unique guest experience," explained the practice.
"They shift in plan to create subtle spatial relationships and open up surprising views of the surrounding landscape."
Each of the lodges boasts a viewing platform and stepped guest suites that follow the natural contours of the site. At Cape Pillar Lodge, suites slope downwards from a cliff edge that overlooks the Southern Ocean, while at Crescent Lodge the rooms ascend to offer views of a bay and nearby town Port Arthur.

Both lodges are connected to communal areas by long walkways that are fronted by slatted blackbutt timber screens, which the studio has stained various shades of brown to help camouflage the structure amongst the trunks of neighbouring trees.

All of the bedroom suites feature overhanging roofs, which are connected to the external facades by slim...