Vega Island Cottage by Kolman Boye Architects

Stands on the island of Vega in the Norwegian archipelago, this cottage is a 140 sqm birch frames house with wide panoramas of the Norwegian Sea and the jagged mountains.

Architects: Kolman Boye Architects
Location: Vega, Norway
Photography: Åke E:son Lindman

Inspiration from architect:

Seemingly growing from the landscape, the house sits on a rock beneath a granite shoulder negotiating the uneven terrain. As not to disturb the dominant view towards the sea, access to the house is given through a narrow natural ravine densely grown with gnarled birch shrubs and laid out with sea-sand from the nearby shore. The surrounding landscape remains untouched and wild.