Few things are more typically Norwegian than resting in a wooden cabin part-way through a long hike or cross-country skiing tour. There are many thousands of cabins all over Norway, ranging from ...

Norwegian architecture firm Jarmund/Vigsnæs Arkitekter (JVA) recently completed a cabin situated some 1,200 m (3,937 ft) above sea level in Norway's rugged Okstindan mountain range. The Rabot Tourist ...

A new treat awaits hikers in Hammerfest, Norway — perched high on a mountain is a contemporary hiking cabin engineered to provide comfort, views and architectural beauty above the Arctic Circle.

The site's steep incline means residents can make the most of long views of tree canopies and the sea beyond; yet it gave the architect a challenge in terms of the structure's positioning and landing ...

In the harsh winters of Norway’s wild countryside, architecture reverts to one of its very basic functions; providing shelter. Set within the Gudbrandsdalen valley, this little cabin in Sjusjøen was ...

You might think that staying in a mountain cabin would be a sensible thing to do in a time of home quarantines and enforced homeworking because of the coronavirus disease COVID-19. The Norwegian ...

Simone Abram has received funding from Leeds Beckett University where she holds a Readership. Mountain cabins and seaside houses are part of the Scandinavian dream. Europeans are right to envy their ...

Text description provided by the architects. The cabin is situated on the top of a rocky hill at the outermost coast of Fosen (Norway). The building is carefully placed and designed in relation to the ...

Gartnerfuglen Arkitekter has built a wooden cabin in Telemark, Norway, which has an accessible stepped roof that doubles as a viewpoint and winter ski jump. Named Cabin Thunder Top, the triangular ...