This $480K Prefab Cabin Slides Apart to Reveal a Glass Enclosed Room

Houses We Love: Every day we feature a remarkable space submitted by our community of architects, designers, builders, and homeowners. Have one to share? Post it here.

Project Details:

Location: De Biesbosch National Park, Netherlands

Designer: Caspar Schols / @cabin_anna

Footprint: 300 square feet

Photographer: Jorrit 't Hoen / @jorritphoto

From the Designer: "ANNA has two protective sliding shells that you can open up to become part of your surroundings. The inner shell is made of double glazing, the outer shell is made of wood. By adjusting the two shells, ANNA changes and adapts to the weather, your mood, or the occasion. ANNA allows us to connect to a reality where we naturally belong. In wintertime, ANNA’s insulated wooden shell keeps the warmth inside like a thick winter coat. In spring or autumn, the glass keeps the rain outside or lets the sun in to warm up the space. If it warms up too much, you can either slide and close the wooden layer to block the warming sun or slide the glass layer open to let a cool wind enter. During every season you can live and sleep under the glass or in the open with protective layers within reach. You might experience the beauty of a fierce rain shower from under the glass roof, wake up among the birds in the early morning and be mesmerized at night by the starry sky directly above your bed."

Editor’s not: A previous version of this article incorrectly stated the cabin’s price as $99,000.

More from Caspar Schols:

This Ultra-Versatile Prefab Cabin Can Shed Its Layers of Wood and Glass