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This week’s Tiny House in a Landscape is actually part of the Endemico Resguardo Silvestre hotel in Valle de Guadalupe in Baja, Mexico. Designed by Jorge Garcia.

It consists of 20 raised houses built on a steep hillside using stilts with a panoramic view that includes, sun, sand and the surf. Built with Corten steel facades that will rust over time. You certainly get a unique experience if you choose to stay there! You can view more pictures at Trendir and see interior photos as well.

This week’s Tiny House in a landscape is of a remote mining cabin in central Colorado. I discovered it on one of my favorite websites Cabin Porn. I’ve had the privilege of exploring a fair amount of Colorado in my younger days and it is one of my favorite states in the Southwest. My great grandfather was a miner in the Cripple Creek area and my grandfather used to tell me the story of how he kept his dynamite safe and dry. He stored it under the bed in the cabin. Fortunately, they never had any accidents or I would not be here today.

This picture was photographed by Bob Winsett. I love the way the cabin fits into the scenery and blends into the mountain side.

This week’s Tiny House in a Landscape is called a Sleeping Inn…. (the fjords of Iceland) by Trey Ratcliff from Stuck in Customs. I have featured Trey’s work before as he seems to appreciate tiny structures and photographs them quite frequently.

The West Fjords of Iceland are full adventure, wonderful scenery and beauty. With volcanic craters, lava flows, hot springs, and geysers. Also many glaciers and stunning waterfalls. A perfect place for a little sleeping inn! Thanks Trey for your wonderful photography.

This week’s Tiny House in a Landscape is a little unusual. Normally, this feature tends to cover homes in a country setting and and not a cityscape.

Manifest Destiny by Jenny Chapmand and Mark A. Reigelman 11 is an art installation. The wooden cabin is affixed precariously to the side of a building in downtown San Francisco. The cabin will be displayed until October 31, 2012 and is located at 446 Bush Street. You can learn more by following a couple of these links.

• http://laughingsquid.com/manifest-destiny-a-cabin-hanging-off-the-side-of-a-building-in-san-francisco/
• http://soex.org/Exhibit/104.html
• http://ifitshipitshere.blogspot.com/2012/03/rustic-cabin-mounted-on-side-of.html

Photo via Chapman/Reigelman

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This week’s Tiny House in a Landscape was taken by a fellow tiny house enthusiast Hugh Wolfe. Hugh has become a friend via the Tiny House Blog Google+ social network. I have discovered that Hugh and I share some common interests. Hugh is a very good photographer and enjoys shooting old buildings in Texas where he lives. I also enjoy photography. Hugh also is a Mini Cooper buff and enjoys driving his while out shooting pictures. I am a big Mini fan and have the car on my wish list. Anyway, enough of that and back to today’s photo. Although it is not a house but a barn, I think it can provide us with inspiration.

Hugh says: Late Saturday afternoon I was headed home from a day of shooting and spotted this Lilliputian barn off to the left up on a small rise with nothing around it except for a few trees. After having a look at the original I decided to experiment with NIK Softwares Silver Efex Pro 2 converting to B&W and then selectively adding in color.

I’ll have to make another visit soon as I’d like to catch the morning light from the opposite side. For those interested here is the location per Google Maps, 33.342473,-96.809085, just north west of Celina, Texas.

Thanks Hugh for sharing these photographs. Please continue to take more.

Photo Credits: Hugh Wolfe

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Robert VanderLee sent me a couple of photos he took in 2007 of the Elizabeth Parker Hut in Yoho National Park, British Columbia. This hut is one the most popular in the area each winter. It can be easily reached via cross country skis.

The main cabin is very spacious and has a propane system for cooking and lighting. It also has an efficient wood stove to keep it cozy and warm. You can learn more about the facility here: http://www.alpineclubofcanada.ca/facility/ep.html

Thank you Robert for sharing these wonderful photos. It looks like a great place to visit and stay.

Photo Credits Robert VanderLee