Cabana Houses
I am an architectural design writer who often focuses on how environment can affect behavior. Before consulting privately, I received my MA in writing and ran a design boutique in Los Angeles.
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While watching children play in a huge city fountain, water shooting from the ground into the hot, flat air, I thought of Cabana Houses. I was settled into a bench under its connecting umbrella, my havana hat pushed low and water close at hand. I loved being near the activity but not IN the activity.
Cabana houses can take a pool area from being just a swim zone to being an entire outdoor luxury and place to spend an entire day as if we were in, say, the Mediterranean (or Cabo, or, or) itself. A place to get shade, eat, relax, socialize and--as you'll see below--even watch movies, these tropical spaces create an entire new room to our homes. Whether enormous or humble, modern or traditional: I want. I want one now.
Cabana houses can take a pool area from being just a swim zone to being an entire outdoor luxury and place to spend an entire day as if we were in, say, the Mediterranean (or Cabo, or, or) itself. A place to get shade, eat, relax, socialize and--as you'll see below--even watch movies, these tropical spaces create an entire new room to our homes. Whether enormous or humble, modern or traditional: I want. I want one now.
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by Lori Gilder
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| Modern conveniences with an island vibe through the choice of roofing and other (neutral-toned) aesthetics. |
A double-decker with close proximity to the water but also privacy.
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| Streamlined and modern take on the cabana house, merging sleek industrialism with nature (seen through lots of windows). Unusual. Gorgeous. |
Here the outdoor merges with the indoors as a sheltered wing shoots off from this house.
And underneath such a wing, one gets the grown-up feel of an interior room with a summer breeze rolling through.
Simple and basic, and tucked into the corner adjacent to the pool itself.
| Modern and sleek, providing a place to lounge and eat more formally. |
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by Urban Landscape
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| The pool seems to be a part of this Mediterranean home itself, flowing into the casual back of the house. |
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| The placement of this simple house reinforces the linear look. |
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| More linear beauty flanked by trees and greenery, like some Italian estate. |
| The house flows into the pool that flows into a beautiful panorama. |
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by Urban Landscape
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| Spanning and horizontal, open and with great lighting. |
| Simple and streamlined and providing all that is best in a cabana house. |
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by Urban Landscape
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| A closer view shows that this room also becomes an outdoor theater. |
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| A simple setup. |
And when you don't have a separate cabana house? Accentuate the natural beauty of your back yard and create an outdoor room.
Ideabook published on July 13, 2010.
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