Timber interiors and larch cladding reference the surrounding Bohemian Forest at this pared-back cabin in the Czech Republic, designed by French practice Les Archinautes in collaboration with local practice 3AE.
Overlooking Lipno lake close to the Czech Republic's border with Germany and Austria, the cross-laminated timber (CLT) cabin was designed to provide a rest stop for people who come to ski and hike in the nearby mountain ranges.
Lipno Lakeside Cabin is a cabin in the Czech Republic
Informed by a wooden dwelling that once stood on the site, the cabin's simple design drew from the architecture typical to the area, which Lyon-based Les Archinautes describes as "wooden, compact and cozy."
"The morphology of the house stands on several principles of Bohemian Forest architecture: rectangular floor plan, compact shape, orientation along the contour line, creation of a covered porch and more pronounced articulation of the gable," said the practice. It has been clad in larch planks
Clad in thin larch planks, the cabin is raised on a low wooden platform, which extends to create a terrace along two sides of the home sheltered by the oversized eaves of the roof.
Seeking to bring the surrounding forest into the cabin as a "material, smell, and colour," the CLT structure has been left exposed throughout the interiors, which are organised to capture views of the landscape.

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