A Hut of One's Own: Life Outside the Circle of Architecture By Ann Cline. The ostensible subject of this inquiry is the primitive hut, a one-room structure built of common or rustic materials. Ann Cline gracefully weaves together two stories: one of primitive huts in the times of cultural transition, and another of diminutive structures in our own time of architectural transition. From these narrative strands emerges a deeper inquiry: What are the limits of architecture? What ghost inhabit its edges? What does it mean to dwell outside?