When the hustle and bustle of city life gets to be too much, many of us have the urge to escape and surround ourselves with nature for a little while. These six modern cabins and farmhouses, with entire walls made of glass, might just be the best places to take it all in, thanks to their spectacular, uninterrupted views of meadows, oceans, or mountains. From Norway to Colorado, these architectural visions prove it’s possible to immerse yourself in the outdoors, from the comfort of the sofa. Nestled at the start of the Oslo Fjord along the south coast of Norway, these Micro Cluster Cabins were designed by Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter as a one-family holiday home with a mix of private and communal spaces. The three pitched-roof structures are all clad in weathered pine heartwood, which blends in with the lush hillside while contrasting with the middle building’s unexpected gable of glass overlooking the meadow.

Voorsanger Architects designed the mountainside Wildcat Ridge Residence with glass walls and no interior columns for an unobstructed view of the snowy vistas of Aspen and Snowmass, Colorado.

A collaboration between Canadian firms BLDG Workshop and 608 Design, the Bunkie is a prefab model built to almost disappear into the landscape. The glass front and back leave just the outline of a house, similar to a child’s drawing.

Furniture designer Jens Risom commissioned his prefab house to be built on Block Island, about 13 miles off of Rhode Island, in 1967. He kept the pre-existing base of a home designed by Stanmar, then customized the rest himself, including the wall of windows that looks out onto the Atlantic Ocean.

In northern Portugal, House of Four Houses by Prod Arquitetura & Design is a combination of four similarly shaped buildings with similar sloped roofs and glass walls connecting them. Creating an openness to the outdoors lets light enter, which changes the appearance of the spaces as the day goes on.

For Garage , Seattle studio Graypants transformed a tired, 400-square-foot post–World War II structure into a transparent form that glows like a lantern at night. The glass allows the preserved walls to act as a beautiful backdrop and highlights the 1890 iron stove and wood floors salvaged from the original space.