Rustic Cabin Plans
Rustic Cabin Plans is a side project from the Mark Weirich Architect studio. Mark would like to offer you the opportunity to live, entertain and relax in intimate and cozy yet open and inviting spaces found in his designs. All designs found on this site were thoughtfully created by a licensed design professional and are guaranteed to satisfy the outdoorsman (and woman) in you. Your contractor will find the plans to be very buildable, well thought out and sensible.
The Montanan
This Rustic Cabin Plan is called The Montanan and is based upon a typical single, rectangular hand-hewn homestead form with a barn board, sided addition- as the pioneer family expanded. This design is typically found at the edges of the western mountain ranges.
The 49’er
This Rustic Cabin Plan is called The 49'er and has been designed to accommodate a posse of gold rustlers for a weekend of good times. The structure is only 26’ x 38’, but lives very large. Due to the efficiency of the design all everyday residential features are included.
The Mountain Man
The design of The Mountain Man cabin is based upon the mining camp bunkhouses found in the Rocky Mountains from Colorado to Idaho and from Nevada to Montana. The shell is a simple rectangular log cabin with a stone “lean to” which encloses a small Mud-Entry. The simplicity of this design makes for a very efficient build considering time, cost and complexity.
The Telluride
The Telluride is inspired by the rugged, timbered structures of the great mining towns in the Rockies. The core of the cabin is a tall relatively narrow hewn slab structure or “shaft house” which is surrounded on the three sides by vertical barn board sided “lean to” wings. The cabin is designed to set on a hillside, a natural drop of six to ten feet on a site is perfect.
The Yellowstone
The Yellowstone cabin was named because of the "Parkitecture" that inspired the design. The high stone walls and low pitch roof of the garage are common features of the check stations and worker quarters located in National Parks in the West.
