An unusual night away

Some weekends begin with the accommodation rather than the destination. A vintage bus refitted for sleeping, a shepherd's wagon on a meadow, a treehouse in the woods, a glamping tent by a lake: each changes the shape of the space you sleep in, and with it the whole night. In this collection any one such form is enough, as long as you actually sleep in it – not merely look at it on the way to a standard room.

Rooms with a story

Some of these places began life as something else and were converted for sleeping; others were built from scratch for one purpose – to bring you closer to the outdoors.

A different shape of night

Curved walls, a raised floor among branches, fabric instead of plaster: the form of the room is what you remember, more than any list of what it contains.