Articles by Alyn Griffiths

Bergersen Arkitekter’s Viewpoint Granasjøen is an angular lakeside cabin with a turfed roof

February 3, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

This compact timber-and-concrete cabin in the Norwegian village of Nerskogen incorporates large windows that angle upwards to make the most of views towards the nearby lake and mountain range. Trondheim studio Bergersen Arkitekter designed Viewpoint Granasjøen for the owner of a house that is situated close to Granasjøen lake in the Trollheimen mountain region. The cabin

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Troll’s Peak cabin features facades and roofs clad in contrasting materials

January 31, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

Oslo studio Rever & Drage Architects used a variety of cladding materials and traditional construction techniques to distinguish the different functional spaces at this mountain cabin in Norway’s Sunndal region. Rever & Drage Architects designed the Cabin at Troll’s Peak for an active family who enjoy hiking and skiing in the mountains of the Trolltindane

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HOLA Design builds gabled lakeside cottage in Poland

January 29, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

HOLA Design has completed a gabled lakeside cottage in southern Poland, which incorporates large windows that look out towards two nearby castles. Architects and owners of Polish studio HOLA Design, Monika and Adam Bronikowscy designed Mountain Cottage as a retreat on the shores of the artificial Lake Czorsztyn. Located on a hillside overlooking the lake, mountains and two medieval

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Triangular timber roof shelters the ruins of Sweden’s oldest church

January 29, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

AIX Arkitekter has completed an exhibition hall and shelter, to protect the site of a ninth-century church in the village of Varnhem, southwest Sweden. The Stockholm-based studio set a structure with a triangular timber roof on top of excavated ruins within the grounds of Varnhem Abbey. Excavations at the site in 2005 uncovered the remains of the farm church,

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Circular wooden tower provides panoramic birdwatching point on a Norwegian island

January 28, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

This wooden tower by Norwegian architect Lars J Berge provides an accessible hide for birdwatchers on an island north of Bergen. Herdla Birdwatching Tower is situated at the tip of Askøy – a low-lying island in Hordaland county, off Norway’s west coast. The landscape of open grasslands, shallow sea and freshwater ponds makes the area, called Herdla, an important

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Old Edinburgh workshop transformed into minimal holiday retreat by Izat Arundell

January 27, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

Design studio Izat Arundell has converted a former blacksmith’s workshop in Edinburgh into a compact apartment, featuring a muted material palette and sliding screens that hide the bedroom from sight. Porteous’ Studio is the first project by Izat Arundell, a design practice founded by Eilidh Izat and Jack Arundell, which explores the fields of architecture,

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Old Edinburgh workshop transformed into minimal holiday retreat by Izat Arundell

January 27, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

Design studio Izat Arundell has converted a former blacksmith’s workshop in Edinburgh into a compact apartment, featuring a muted material palette and sliding screens that hide the bedroom from sight. Porteous’ Studio is the first project by Izat Arundell, a design practice founded by Eilidh Izat and Jack Arundell, which explores the fields of architecture,

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Old Edinburgh workshop transformed into minimal holiday retreat by Izat Arundell

January 27, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

Design studio Izat Arundell has converted a former blacksmith’s workshop in Edinburgh into a compact apartment, featuring a muted material palette and sliding screens that hide the bedroom from sight. Porteous’ Studio is the first project by Izat Arundell, a design practice founded by Eilidh Izat and Jack Arundell, which explores the fields of architecture,

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Open-air chapel designed by Plano Humano Arquitectos to resemble Scout’s tent

January 27, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

This tent-like chapel, for a Scout campground in Portugal’s rural Idanha-a-Nova region, features a folded zinc-clad roof that opens up towards the surrounding landscape. Plano Humano Arquitectos created the structure for the National Scout’s Activities Camp, on a plateau that has panoramic views of the nearby hills. The chapel was commissioned for the occasion of the

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SelgasCano transforms Richard Rogers’ former studio into another Second Home workspace

January 25, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

Spanish studio SelgasCano has completed a third plant-filled workspace for Second Home, in the west London building that housed Richard Rogers’ first architecture studio as well as providing the setting for cult 1960s film Blowup. Second Home Holland Park is the third venue that José Selgas and Lucía Cano have created for the London-based company, which provides studio

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