Simplified living at its very best is what's offered in these rural getaways. By applying first-rate modern design technology and advances to an age-old concept, the award-winning architects featured herein have reinvented the small country house. For their exemplary maximisation of space and light and masterful paring down, while also ensuring the utmost in comfort, these houses are invaluable case studies for any professional (or aspiring professional) in the fields of Architecture and Design. Illustrated with full-colour glossy photographs and floor plans, each project is expertly explained by the best authority available: the designing architects themselves.

• Introduction
• The Millhouse
• Summer House
• Cottage in Kawanishi
• Mountain Cabin
• A resort for holiday
• Parcell Garden Stavanger
• Lengau Lodge
• Smith McLain Cabin
• Breuer/Lundberg Cabin
• House Boat
• Finland Project
• Sunset Cabin
• Camano Island Cabin
• Maison Perret
• The Red House
• Cabin Nordmarka
• Extension to House on Övre Gla
• Villa RBDVD
• Holiday Cabin in the archipelago of Stockholm