Creative Wooden Hideaway In Lapland, Finland: Villa Valtanen

<br/><img alt="log house villa valtanen Creative Wooden Hideaway In Lapland, Finland: Villa Valtanen home improvement " height="348" src="http://www.decoradvisor.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/log-house-villa-valtanen.jpg" style=" display: block margin-right: auto margin-left: auto" title="log residence villa valtanen" width="600" /><br/><p>As if defying the harsh climate in Lapland, Villa Valtanen envisioned by Arkkitehtitoimisto Louekari inspires coziness and warmth. This uncommon wilderness retreat composed of a living space, sauna, and woodshed, employs ancient timber structures connected by making use of principles of contemporary architecture: “<em>The living area and sauna have a log frame with fishtail corner joints, which is a standard old Finnish building system. Among sauna and Living space is a lofty space with massive windows opening onto the forest landscape of Lapland.</em></p><br/><img alt="exterior villa valtanen Creative Wooden Hideaway In Lapland, Finland: Villa Valtanen home improvement " height="410" src="http://www.decoradvisor.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/exterior-villa-valtanen.jpg" style=" display: block margin-right: auto margin-left: auto" title="exterior villa valtanen" width="600" /><br/><p><em>The side walls are clad in tarred 45 mm planking which acts like a ‘raincoat’ and enables the use of a short eaves with practically no overhang. The gable walls are sheltered by a standard eaves with a lengthy overhang. <em> The log frames, windows, doors, facade moldings and other joinery have been produced by local firms. </em>The only items imported from outdoors were the solar panels and their batteries and the composting toilet”. </em>As a Northern Norway enthusiast<em>,</em> this simple, however creative project made my day. 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Creative Wooden Hideaway In Lapland, Finland: Villa Valtanen

As if defying the harsh climate in Lapland, Villa Valtanen envisioned by Arkkitehtitoimisto Louekari inspires coziness and warmth. This unco...

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Inspiring Wooden Accents Defining Modern Conversion Project In Spain

<br/><img alt="amazing modern house rehabilitation Inspiring Wooden Accents Defining Modern Conversion Project In Spain home improvement " height="400" src="http://decoradvisor.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/amazing-modern-house-rehabilitation.jpg" style=" display: block margin-right: auto margin-left: auto" title="amazing contemporary Property rehabilitation" width="600" /><br/><p>We stumbled into this clean and very modern day residence created by Spanish-German architectural studio YLAB Arquitectos in Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain. The project consisted of a rehabilitation of a 500 m2 (5,381 square feet) living space plus outdoor locations. According to the style group, “<em>the objective was to make this residence of classical forms and narrow interior layout into a modern day home with huge and continuous spaces, allowing owners to take pleasure in the wonderful views from all areas</em>“.</p><br/><img alt="living room modern house rehabilitation Inspiring Wooden Accents Defining Modern Conversion Project In Spain home improvement " height="400" src="http://decoradvisor.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/living-room-modern-house-rehabilitation.jpg" style=" display: block margin-right: auto margin-left: auto" title="living area modern day Residence rehabilitation" width="600" /><br/><p>In order to meet this objective, several main alterations had to be created by the architects: “<em>The residence was emptied attaining a new layout, the facades have been improved to match their geometry, escalating the volume of the property, and new windows and window frames of solid wood carpentry had been produced, permitting for abundant connections in between the exterior and interior spaces of the house</em>“. The outdoor regions were enhanced by making use of different planters made from recovered sleepers and by generating a bush hammered stone terrace which descends towards the swimming pool</p><br/><p><br/><img alt="interiors modern house rehabilitation Inspiring Wooden Accents Defining Modern Conversion Project In Spain home improvement " height="900" src="http://decoradvisor.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/interiors-modern-house-rehabilitation.jpg" style=" display: block margin-right: auto margin-left: auto" title="interiors modern day House rehabilitation" width="600" /> <br/><img alt="modern house rehabilitation Inspiring Wooden Accents Defining Modern Conversion Project In Spain home improvement " height="400" src="http://decoradvisor.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/modern-house-rehabilitation.jpg" style=" display: block margin-right: auto margin-left: auto" title="modern House rehabilitation 4" width="600" /><br/><img alt="modern house rehabilitation Inspiring Wooden Accents Defining Modern Conversion Project In Spain home improvement " height="899" src="http://decoradvisor.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/modern-house-rehabilitation_.jpg" style=" display: block margin-right: auto margin-left: auto" title="modern Home rehabilitation 5" width="600" /><br/><img alt="modern house rehabilitation Inspiring Wooden Accents Defining Modern Conversion Project In Spain home improvement " height="400" src="http://decoradvisor.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/modern-house-rehabilitation__.jpg" style=" display: block margin-right: auto margin-left: auto" title="modern Residence rehabilitation 6" width="600" /><br/><img alt="modern house rehabilitation Inspiring Wooden Accents Defining Modern Conversion Project In Spain home improvement " height="899" src="http://decoradvisor.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/modern-house-rehabilitation___.jpg" style=" display: block margin-right: auto margin-left: auto" title="modern day Home rehabilitation 7" width="600" /><br/><img alt="modern house rehabilitation Inspiring Wooden Accents Defining Modern Conversion Project In Spain home improvement " height="899" src="http://decoradvisor.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/modern-house-rehabilitation____.jpg" style=" display: block margin-right: auto margin-left: auto" title="contemporary Home rehabilitation 8" width="600" /><br/><img alt="modern house rehabilitation Inspiring Wooden Accents Defining Modern Conversion Project In Spain home improvement " height="900" src="http://decoradvisor.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/modern-house-rehabilitation_____.jpg" style=" display: block margin-right: auto margin-left: auto" title="modern Home rehabilitation 9" width="600" /></p><br/><p>You happen to be reading Inspiring Wooden Accents Defining Modern day Conversion Project in Spain </p><br/><p>

Inspiring Wooden Accents Defining Modern Conversion Project In Spain

We stumbled into this clean and very modern day residence created by Spanish-German architectural studio YLAB Arquitectos in Cerdanyola del ...

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