Out of the Valley

Design & build studio specialising in beautiful wooden spaces that reconnect people with nature.

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- Cornish Spa
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The best projects to work on are the ones you can go back and enjoy, the hot tub has had some of its cedar planks replaced and now holds water so first boiled, then steamed before a plunge into the… https://t.co/dpfdeGmCUK

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- Material tones
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Particularly like the soft complementing tones of fresh sawn larch, copper tiles & gutter with a thick gauge spring acting as a door stop. https://t.co/K4lVJ7tTah

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- Pop up cabin
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Our first flat-pack cabin, delivered in one by flatbed trailer and constructed in 3 days. A sliding barn door opens up the dining area, a mini cabin can rolled out of the play area and lots of… https://t.co/NPvrjdtJzV

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- Cabin playhouse
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Our smallest mobile cabin to date !. https://t.co/l9EcUj8zvR

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- Night shot
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The sauna comes alive a night with its various light sources and provides a peaceful time to be steamed (Loyly in Finnish) before diving into the dark and refreshing quarry waters. https://t.co/3f5jvwKurp

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- Cabin section
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Configurable ply furniture with under seat draws on castors and a fold down dining table make this socialising area fun and adaptable. https://t.co/TRaAf8s7lw

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- Flatpack city Cabin
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We start ever project with our concept design phase, this is where we explore ideas in sketch form. Here’s an example of that process on one of our smaller projects we recently finished… https://t.co/IZc8OKG3Rq

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- Timber framed sauna
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The sauna sits on large granite rocks that were excavated when this quarry was still active, they were flattened and levelled to receive the green oak frame. Clad externally in feather edge… https://t.co/ZOyKDSJCbu

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- Mini Cabin
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A small playhouse being fabricated this week which forms part of a pop up city cabin. https://t.co/erfieEux4q

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- Cladding
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Exploring cladding compositions at 1:2 https://t.co/Oy52j9Kp4d

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- Site Visit
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We spent two amazing days up in the Eden valley on the edge of Lake District staying in a traditional log cabin whilst surveying a cliff top build location. Left feeling revived by the abundance of… https://t.co/b2VrKUUUfD

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- Raw materials
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A nice selection of local Douglas fir stacked in the yard, ready to be crafted into cabins next week. https://t.co/zW0sK3TVVT

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Beautiful wood burner from Japanese company Okamoto. Lots of clever little design features that won it a ‘Good design award’. https://t.co/g1ZXG3P5Bh

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Concept Design
Early sketch visuals of a big treehouse project we’re working on. https://t.co/qcJYTCieBL

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Wooden chapel by John Pawson
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Constructed from 61 Douglas logs from the surrounding forest. Simple in form yet incredibly beautiful.
📷Eckhart Matthaus https://t.co/zcVfHCCC8M

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Construction details:

Copper shingles meeting a conservation roof light. https://t.co/3gp3gqJq3q

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New Project:

We’ve been tasked with redesigning the boat house that sits in front of this view on the oceans edge. It’s a magical spot that will certainly though up some access… https://t.co/EmzDtat88p

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Inca stonemasonry

The Incas achieved incredible precision with their stone work. It remains a bit of a mystery as to how they achieved millimetre perfect joints across multiple faces… https://t.co/Su888JRYCI

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New project: Cabin retreat, mid Devon.

Pleased to have received full planning approval for this cabin located on some beautiful land in rural Devon. https://t.co/6FelIkWVJq

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The remains of a small Inca settlement tucked into mountains above Ollantaytambo, Peru. The stone work is crude in comparison to others, meaning the space was not of great significance.… https://t.co/tW5RSqkS1W