Tverrfjellhytta / Snøhetta

Architect: Snøhetta Oslo AS
Location: Hjerkinn, Dovre Municipality, Norway
Project Team: Knut Bjørgum landscape architect (Design Team Leader), Kjetil T. Thorsen (Partner in charge, Principal architect), Erik Brett Jacobsen, Margit Tidemand Ruud, Rune Grasdal, Martin Brunner (Architects) Heidi Pettersvold.(Interior Architect)
Project Area: 900 sqf
Project Year: 2011
Photographs: Ketil Jacobsen and diephotodesigner.de

The Norwegian Wild Reindeer Centre Pavilion is located at Hjerkinn on the outskirts of Dovrefjell National Park, overlooking the Snøhetta mountain massif. The 90m2 building is open to the public and serves as an observation pavilion for the Wild Reindeer Foundation educational programmes. A 1,5km nature path brings visitors to this spectacular site, 1200 meters above sea level.

Background
Dovrefjell is a mountain range that forms a barrier between the norther and southern parts of Norway. It is home to Europe’s last wild reindeer herds and is the natural habitat for many rare plants and animals. A long history filled with travellers, hunting traditions, mining, and military activities has left its mark on this land. In addition to the natural and cultural landscape, the Dovre mountains also holds significant importance in the Norwegian consciousness. National legends, myths, poetry (Ibsen) and music (Grieg) celebrate the mystic and eternal qualities of this powerful place. The founding fathers of the Norwegian constitution are ”agreed and faithful, until the fall of Dovre!”

Architectural idea
This unique natural, cultural and mythical landscape has formed the basis of the architectural idea. The building design is based on a rigid outer shell and an organic inner core. The south facing exterior wall and the interior create a protected and warm gathering place, while still preserving the visitor’s view of the spectacular panorama.

Selgas Cano Architecture Office by Iwan Baan

Once again, Iwan Baan amaze us with this great project between the woods by Spanish practice Selgas Cano: Their own architecture office.

Family House Interior, Třemblat, Czech Republic

Located in a village near Prague, Czech Republic, the house sits in a suburban context, away from the big city. The 130m² detached house is home to a young family with a small child. Designed by architect Petr Štastný, the house exhibits a contemporary approach with an open floor plan and large openings with panoramic views to the surrounding rural landscape. The large windows connect the interior of the house with its exterior, stimulating the feeling of being outdoors while in the house.

The interior, designed by Barbara Čorejová of bcstudio responds to that contemporary exterior with a complementary interior solution. The kitchen, open and connected to the spacious living area is fairly minimal with clean lines, white and neutral colours and plastic materials. The living room is treated in the same way, with minimal furnishings as requested by the client. To soften and glam up the space, metallic wallpaper hangs behind the TV wall and a decorative chandelier above the oval dinning table were used. The intention was to keep the colours of the fixed furniture as neutral as possible so that the client could easily change the accessories without having to replace the main pieces. A dominant and elegant element between the two zones is a wooden stair made of dark oak timber and a glass railing.

Beautiful Panorama Modern Villa

Villa A is located on the slope of the Poestling Berg – a mountain overlooking Linz, Austria. The site is accessed from the road behind leading down hills to the building’s main entrance, covered by an extended cantilever roof structure. The city’s panorama that it features is truly breathtaking. It can be seen from almost all rooms and from the swimming pool on a terrace. The large scale glazing and the sliding elements blurs the indoor area and outdoor space.

Architects: Najjar-Najjar Architects – http://www.najjar-najjar.com/
Location: Pöstlingberg, Linz, Austria
Photographs: Manfred Seidl

The architect’s intention was to embrace various functions in one open living area, accommodating the various functions on different levels, always balancing their functional particularities within an open space. Moreover the large scale glazing and the sliding elements blurs the indoor area and outdoor space. The bedrooms are located on the upper levels that are accessed by stairs which lead to an open gallery. The basement floor is partly carved in the ground allocates fitness and wellness facilities, office and a playroom for children. The parking garage and the machine room are dug in under the access road on the north side of the building.

The Roof is a steel beam grid structure with aluminium panel cladding. On the southern and western side of the building the roof cantilevers beyond the terraces so as to provide an efficient sun protection in summer. The low winter sun warms up the interior space. This implementation of the passive energy concept is supported by a recuperator in the ground and sun collectors on the roof. It is highly energy efficient and fulfills all requirements for a “green building”, as set in the European building standards.

[Via - Contemporist.com]