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"Five Must-See Modern Houses in the Woods\nAD looks at head-turning contemporary homes in gorgeous forest locales\nPerched high above a protected cove on its namesake isle in British Columbia, Gambier Island House\u2014a rectilinear weekend retreat of wood, glass, and steel\u2014was designed by the\u00A0McFarlane Green Biggar Architects + Designers for a young Vancouver-based couple. The house is nestled in its sylvan setting and features glazed walls and sliding doors, framing views of the surrounding forest.\nGambier Island House operates independently of the mainland energy grid, drawing instead on a propane furnace and solar-powered battery system onsite.\nMoose Road, a lanternlike vacation house designed by Mork-Ulnes Architects, in Ukiah, California, was built on steel stilts to minimize its environmental impact and preserve the roots of each oak tree on the property. The house has a unique three-pronged floor plan that showcases stunning vineyard and mountain views.\nAt Moose Road, the walls, doors, and built-in cabinetry are made from local plywood, giving the interiors a simple, rustic air.\nBCV Architects designed this pine-and-concrete cabin in Norden, California. The Crow\u2019s Nest, located near Sugar Bowl Ski Resort, features a winged roof and a fa\u00E7ade dotted with square windows.\nAt the Crow\u2019s Nest, broad windows in rooms with high, beamed ceilings frame views of evergreens and the Sierra Nevada range.\nClear Lake Cottage was built by MacLennan Jaunkalns Miller Architects in Ontario for a Toronto-based family of five. The lake house\u2019s black corrugated-metal fa\u00E7ade and gently pitched roof was designed to evoke a long, low tent.\nCommon areas at Clear Lake Cottage, like the dining room pictured, look out onto a nearby lake (which lends the house its name), while private spaces have views of the surrounding woods.\nTower House, designed by Gluck+ in New York\u2019s Catskill Mountains in 2012, has a distinct T-shape and an all-glass enclosure that reflects the forest.\nThe kitchen and combined living-dining room occupy Tower House\u2019s horizontal section, high above the treetops, offering spectacular views of Catskill Park."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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