While today’s cabin culture has produced an endless supply of inspirational projects, history has too, especially it seems, the 60’s - a decade similar to ours in a desire to reconnect with nature. Older projects are nothing to sniff at, and if anything, sometimes more impressive than those of today. Besides, you can’t talk about architecture without some precedent studies, am I right.
So that brings us to Casa Garelli, a storage barn turned country refuge in the Val d’Aosta region of Italy, renovated in 1962 by architect Carlo Mollino. Surrounded by borders with Switzerland and France, with local landmarks including the Matterhorn and Mont Blanc, a more picturesque location for such a unique project would be tough to find.