Pinewood, fireplaces, valleys you can hike into in the morning. From Kasol to Munsiyari, fifteen homes built for the long weekend.
The lower Himalayan belt — Himachal, Uttarakhand — has, in the last decade, quietly produced some of India's best small-architect work. Glass-walled cabins on slopes, restored stone homes in apple orchards, treehouses with hot tubs. These are not roadside motels. They are someone's careful idea of how to live with a view.