Arched Roofs and Shingle Cladding: Iglucraft’s Tiny Homes Are Straight Out of a Fairytale

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In 2014, Priit Kallas started Iglucraft with the aim of revitalizing and modernizing traditional wood-framed, shingle-clad structures. The first cabins and saunas were built in a small Estonian village, and the company has since grown by leaps and bounds. In 2019, Iglucraft created a resort in Denmark, and not long after, English celebrities like David Beckham and Gordon Ramsay came calling to order cabins of their own.

Here, the company shares how they balance hospitality projects, like a new Four Seasons destination in Austria, with individual tiny home orders across the world.

What qualities make your company stand apart from the rest?

We invite people to take time for themselves. Do you remember your dreams? Did you have a hobby? Did you like to read? Walk by the sea, wander in the woods, watch the sky? Dream and get surprised by your own thoughts? When was the last time you were truly by yourself or just with the ones important to you? We like to ask people these questions, because we believe that if you have a place where you can take time for yourself, you can give yourself the opportunity to grow.

Each Iglucraft structure is based on hundreds of years of history. Centuries before, our forefathers used the traditional shingling technique to build saunas and houses. Today, Iglucraft uses the same know-how to handcraft our cabins and saunas. The structures are rounded to reflecting nature’s true harmony. The shape imitates nature and helps to promote a more natural way of being than perfectly rectilinear cityscapes.