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In rural Ontario, a timber cabin by Dubbeldam Architecture + Design creates a ‘quiet haven in the trees’

2024-05-03T15:03:00-04:00

Toronto-based Dubbeldam Architecture + Design has offered an insight into their completed cabin in rural Ontario, Canada. Named Bunkie on the Hill and described as a “quiet haven in the trees for family members to retreat and re-connect with nature,” the cabin sits at the top of a steep slope overlooking a collection of family cottages below.

Image credit: Riley Snelling

The 1,000-square-foot cabin by the Dubbeldam team, who was recently honored at the 2024 RAIC Annual Awards as the Architectural Practice winner, sees a contemporary interpretation of the traditional A-frame shape. Inspired by overlapping layers of shale rock in the surrounding landscape, the split roof features two intersecting gables that allow for window openings where the roof volumes split.

Image credit: Riley Snelling

“These geometric windows allow for curated views of the treetops on one side and lake below on the other and invite natural light to flood the...

Today's online events to watch include Winka Dubbeldam, LEONG LEONG and architecten de vylder vinck taillieu

2020-04-30T12:13:00-04:00

Another day working from home, another list of events to consider to remain connected. Check out more upcoming online events in Archinect's Virtual Event Guide.

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Winka Dubbeldam: Strange Objects
Thursday, April 30, 2020 | 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM PDT
A lecture and discussion with Winka Dubbeldam of Archi-Tectonics and Chair of the Weitzman School of Design, University of Pennsylvania.
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MIT Lecture: Chris Leong of LEONG LEONG "Informal to Formal"
Thursday, April 30, 2020 | 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM EDT
"Informal to Formal," Reflecting on ten years of Leong Leong's practice and the studio's ongoing research into informal and formal collectivities.
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My Ideal City: Crowd-Sourcing Bogotá

2013-08-19T21:14:00-04:00

[My Ideal City] is an instrument where all people in Bogota help to create their city by interacting in proposals made for their Downtown in crowd sourcing, thus impacting design through real time interaction and direct feedback. Once the different initiatives are defined, the process is completed by the population crowd funding its own initiatives.

Winka Dubbeldam (Archi-Tectonics) and Rodrigo Nino (Prodigy Network) have developed Downtown Bogotá // My Ideal City, an online platform for the citizens of Bogotá to influence their local city-planning proposals. Recognizing that middle-class population growth across Latin America often outpaces the speed of urban development, My Ideal City responds to the demand for bottom-up planning measures. If successful, the online-platform could be implemented across the globe.

Visit the My Ideal City platform.

The exhibition showcasing My Ideal City will be on display at Architekturforum Aedes in Berlin, Germany, through August 29, 2013.