The Michigan Lake House Is a Modernist's Take on the Humble Log Cabin

The Michigan Lake House is a woodland home designed by Desai Chia Architecture (in collaboration with Environment Architects) that marries modernist architecture with the natural landscape. The home consists of three offset structures -- two sleeping areas and a central living room -- arranged with an asymmetric blueprint and materialized in exposed wood beams. The southern end of the house boasts a cantilevered roof that offers unobstructed views of Lake Michigan and brings to mind the style of...