A cabin stepping with the slope
Mork-Ulnes Architects takes to a forested hillside above South Lake Tahoe, California to design its Staggered Cabin, hiding four cedar volumes among the area’s Jeffrey pines and outcrops of granite.
From the road, the house appears as a series of dark, angled forms that shift in height and orientation, their shed roofs cutting crisp lines against snow and sky. Each volume lands at a slightly different elevation, creating a composition which reads as a cluster of small cabins gathered together, scaled to the trees and the terrain, with narrow courts opening between them.
The work of Mork-Ulnes often bridges Scandinavian and Northern Californian sensibilities, and this project continues that conversation. The shed-roof silhouettes recall…