Douglas Danks

Associates

Christakos Cabin
Minong, Wisconsin

The cabin and weekend getaway for the owners and their guests is located on a peninsula in a northwestern Wisconsin  lake. The design for the cabin creates a long extruded tube containing a main living space for the owners and their family, along with a detached bunkhouse living quarters for guests. A covered breezeway connects the two separate volumes, creating a place to be outdoors in inclement weather. A fire pit is located in the breezeway, with an opening in the roof structure, providing an archetypal gathering point. The massing of the extruded tube form presents a primarily blank facade toward the road and entry. The long elevation facing the lake however is rendered open to the views of the lake, with floor-to-ceiling windows and doors. At each end of the tube, large sliding glazed panels open to intimate balconies, creating framed views of the lake or forest understory.

DOUGLAS DANKS ASSOCIATES AND KAMPA/DANKS STUDIO