The Pleasure of Looking at Other Architects Work
[Summer House in the archipelago of Trosa south of Stockholm photo by Max Plunger]
It’s always nice to look at beautiful design accomplished out there by other architects. There’s nothing to dilute the quality or inspiration of the work being shown. No baggage or knowledge of the project beyond what’s being communicated by the imagery. No ridiculous land use codes or impossible city inspectors. No disparaging gaps between what the homeowner wanted and what their budget was. No long evenings putting together window schedules, no difficult discussions about design trade-offs. While these elements most likely exist in this work (and then some), the spectator gets to sit back and enjoy the fruits of extraordinary design. The spectator gets to believe, if only for a short time, that excellent architecture is the result of just being good at design. Ignorance is bliss and at the tail end of a long day, it’s kinda refreshing.
Our buddy Josiah recently turned us on to WRB from Stockholm and we saddled up to review their work – with beverage in hand we spent nearly an hour on their site and entirely enjoyed every minute. The logistics of doing work this refined and timeless must be arduous and challenging. But for today’s post we’re going to ignore all that and just display photos of some of the most inspiring work we’ve seen in a long time. Enjoy.
[H-House in the archipelago of Trosa south of Stockholm photos by Åke E:son Lindman]
[Casa Barone in Ingaro-Evlinge east of Stockholm photos by Åke E:son Lindman]
[Island House in the archipelago of Stockholm photo by Åke E:son Lindman]
Cheers to Natasha, Håkan, Philip and all the other hardworking architects at WRB, thanks for doing all the heavy lifting and allowing the rest of us to simply enjoy the work. Thanks to Åke E:son Lindman and Max Plunger for your phenomenal photographs.
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By Samuel, November 24, 2009 @ 7:23 pm
Stunning. Glad I tuned back into your blog after some time away. The Scandinavians- they just have it all figured out.
By mike, November 24, 2009 @ 7:30 pm
the warmth of these cabins is unbelievable. having an incredible site certainly doesn’t hurt, either.
the island house would be great to live in. i wonder how affordable land like that is near stockholm, as compared to seattle?
a few other interesting swedish firms:
waldemarson berglund: http://www.wbarkitekter.se/
johannes norlander: http://www.norlander.se/architecture.asp
jonas lindvall: http://www.jonaslindvall.com/
claesson koivisto rune: http://www.ckr.se/
tham videgard & hansson: http://www.tvh.se/main.php
surprisingly, there are some great scandinavian finds on this blog (including more photos of the trosa cabin): http://scandinavianretreat.blogspot.com/
By hachumi, November 24, 2009 @ 7:34 pm
jeesus… really beautiful.
By NCC, November 25, 2009 @ 7:16 am
All those glass everywhere. Legally we cannot make it work in California with Title 24.
By Helen, November 25, 2009 @ 7:56 am
This gives new meaning to the family ‘stuga’ in the woods.
By Eric, November 25, 2009 @ 11:17 am
I’ll raise a pint (of Boulevard Stout) to ignorant bliss!
By Greg, November 30, 2009 @ 11:15 am
Stunning, work that beautiful must require a lot of discipline on behalf of the owners.
By Lou M, December 1, 2009 @ 10:37 pm
Enjoyed this subject and post. Wanted to volley a question back over the net to the folks at build. Imagine you are the client and you were restricted from designing, building your own residence, who would you hire as an architect to design your own residence. Perhaps this is a subject for a new post all-together. I think its interesting from an outsiders point of view to see who architects admire. Keeping in the spirit of looking at other architects work perhaps you could give us a top 3 list of architects you think are doing the kind of work you admire.
By Build LLC, December 2, 2009 @ 12:00 pm
Interesting question, we had a tough time with a couple so we decided to bend the rules a bit, here’s our top 4:
Renzo Piano Building Workshop
Gigon/Guyer who we recently covered in a recent post
Mathias Klotz
Claesson Koivisto Rune
By Lou M., December 3, 2009 @ 7:29 pm
Thanks guys. I’ll check these out. Nice to see they aren’t the usual suspects.