Catskills, New York
AIA/New England Design Merit Award
American Wood Council Honor Award
House & Garden, July 1992
Description
Rustic fishing cabin
Site
Trout stream in the Catskills.
Design
Over half the interior of the tiny house is a great lodge hall, extending to the full height of the roof and centered on a massive stone fireplace. Tree trunk porch columns give the entry façade something of the aspect of a primitive shrine.
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