THIS CABIN goes so far beyond merely carving shelter from the wilderness that it makes us wonder how it was created. It started when the owners camped on every part of their site, learning it first-hand, so they could save the best spot instead of building on top of it.
Then, the designers asked the owners what they wanted of California's High Sierra, and the answer was: simply to be in it. So every view which could be seen from the cabin was worked out in the planning.
The sun was treated as both friend and enemy. Morning eastern sun may come in through an open wall to warm the cabin and wake sleepers, but by noon it is kept in its place by the deck's deep overhang.
There was no strain to seek unusual materials which would be used for their sake alone.
The result is a cabin which fits the owners as well as it fits its site. The design was by Ruth Gerth and George Kosmak.
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source: Cabins and Vacation Homes, Sunset Books | 1960
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