Co-founded by Americans Connie Lindor and Scott Muellner, PlansMatter, the architectural rental site, works along the same lines as Airbnb, but focuses on modern spaces.
The site collects architecturally-significant properties, including cabins, retreats and homes, available as vacation rentals that are hand-picked by the two architects, replete with photos and back stories.
The USP? Only homes that are designed by renowned architects would make the cut on PlansMatter.
Some of the homes listed on PlansMatter have been designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, Olson Kundig, and Rudolph Schindler. “The goal of PlansMatter is to make finding and experiencing architecturally-significant vacation rentals simple and convenient,” says Connie.
ALSO READ:
" target="_blank The site also includes activities suitable to the location, tips about the house and peripheral areas, awards won by the architects for the specific house, as well as a handwritten host note that provides additional information about why the hosts built the house. Currently, the site offers around 46 homes to rent in locales as far flung as Minnesota and Japan—and a few other spots in between. AD curates 4 stunning PlansMatter homes for you: Kinney House, Minneapolis, Minnesota, US
As a unique example of Frank Lloyd Wright's non-rectilinear Usonian vocabulary, the Kinney House provides guests a rare opportunity to experience firsthand what it would be like to live in his “democratic” architecture | $395/night. Gunflint Lake Cabin, Grand Marais, Minnesota, US
This award-winning lakeside dwelling by VJAA features a vast glass facade that looks out onto the waterfront, and is clad in a black metal skin to protect it from the Mid-West's extreme seasons | $295/night (October to May) | $395/night (June to September) Villa Vals, Vals, Switzerland
Designed by Bjarne Mastenbroek and Christian Müller, respectively of the architectural offices SeARCH and CMA, the house is an eclectic, but balanced mix of contemporary Dutch design | EUR 950+ for two nights. Sawtooth Cabin, Schroeder, Minnesota, US
Designed by Snow Kreilich Architects, the main cabin and a small studio sit on a black platform. All of the activities of the house relate directly to the infinite spatial presence of Lake Superior | $500/night.
