5 Award Winning Timber Houses

5 Award Winning Timber Houses  

Award winning house in Sweden House won award in 2000, architects of Stockholm-based architecture firm WRB made its design.

T This house is situated on the top of cliff overlooking the ocean at the entrance to PortPhillip Bay. It was designed by John Wardle Architects.  

Eco Perch looks like a cross between a barn and a small, cozy chalet. Eco Perch is a wooden house, designed by Studio Blue Forest. This welcoming 4 bed retreat can be installed in less than 5 days and has also a kitchen, a bathroom and bedroom. This is a sustainable self-catering holiday house that blends harmoniously within the wild landscape offering a first-rate nature lodging experience.  

Sou Fujimoto sitting in his Final Wooden House

If you've been shopping for prefabricated kit homes be sure to check out the timber frame stylings of FabCab, short for "Fabulous Cabin". The Seattle-based firm recently completed a two-story kit home on Camano Island. Built with sustainably sourced woods, eco-friendly materials, SIPs and an impressive facade of windows, the Camano Island FabCab is a great example of the firm's work as log home builder.