Vacation Retreats presents new structures as well as architectural renovations or new-use transformations. Featuring a range of tiny hotels, holiday cabins, and apartments in an unusual setting or in unusual surroundings, this is a truly brilliant survey of the art of creating atmosphere. Of interest to both the traveler keen on architecture and the traveling architect, Vacation Retreats 2 presents a fascinating panorama of living off the beaten path. MVRDVs ultra modern steel clad Balancing Barn in Suffolk, England bookends the featured retreats while a converted 17th century farmhouse in southern France, dubbed La Maison dUlysse, lies on the historic end of the chronology. Featured retreats are from Spain, Austria, Belgium, Germany, Portugal, Switzerland, Greece, France, Malta, Turkey, Slovenia, Poland, Great Britain, Italy and Sweden.