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Summerhouse in Lagnö by Tham & VidegÄrd Arkitekter Justine Testado2013-08-23T18:11:00-04:00>2018-01-30T06:16:04-05:00
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Need some inspiration as you sketch out that dream summer house? Maybe <a href="http://www.tvark.se" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tham & Videgård</a>'s Summerhouse project in Lagnö, Sweden could spark some ideas...<br><br><img alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/dr/drhjz5bw0rfirvyu.jpg" title=""><br><br><br><strong>Project description from Bolle Tham and Martin </strong><strong>Videgård</strong><strong>:</strong><br><br>
Summerhouse Lagnö</p>
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"The setting is the Stockholm archipelago, natural ground sloping gently down to the sea in the south, mostly open with a few trees and bushes. Unlike other projects we worked on located on more isolated islands in the archipelago without car access from the mainland, this site was relatively easy to reach also with heavy transports. This, together with the client's desire for a maintenance-free house inspired us to search for a way to design the house as an integral part of nature, where the material's weight and color scale connects to the archipelago granite bedrock, rather than a light light wooden cottage..."<br><br><img alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/or/or2h3nevonupnqji.jpg" title=""><br><br>
"The two building volumes are placed side by side and form a line that clarifies their position in the landscape, just at the border where the ...</p>