What can be more comforting than spending a season in a wooden house in the middle of nowhere? Has this idea ever crossed your mind? If the answer is no, keep scrolling and discover two unique places where nature is the masterpiece!
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VALLEY VILLA
Somewhere in Vilnius – the capital of Lithuania – there is a magnificent project created by Arches, an architectural firm recognized around the world.
Calm and harmony are some words that describe this wooden house in its fullness. The project named “Valley Villa” strikes the perfect balance with an architectural style that is at the same time modern and traditional.
In full harmony with the hillsides and pine trees, this unique place, clad in 7,000 sq. ft. of sustainable Kebony wood, was designed to complement this nature scenery with natural timber cladding and irregular pitched roofs.
This is a contemporary and eco-friendly project in which clean and angular design creates a minimalist exterior with Kebony, the prime material that contrasts clearly against the black state at the building’s base. The goal of the lead architects, A.Liola, R.Liola, E.Neniškis, M.Kaučikaitė, E.Geštautaitė, is to focus on interweaving natural materials with a bold sculptural form.
IMAGE CREDITS: ARCHDAILY
In fact, the firm has chosen Kebony to work with because it is a resistance natural material that stands up to testing conditions far better than softwood. Moreover, it does not require any additional treatment even when used as an external cladding.
SHALL WE GO INSIDE?
IMAGE CREDITS: ARCHDAILY
Lithuanian traditional houses use to have laconic volume, double pitched roof, wooden blinds, wooden finishing and granite rocks foundation. Hopefully, you’ve caught the main idea of this particular project, so far, which aims to remind qualities of traditional farmstead house by interpreting it in a contemporary way.
SPARKLE IN THE NIGHT
“It is the reconstruction of the rest house surrounded by the pine forests. The title itself, the nearby protected ethnographic villages, the arrays of the pine forests and the ultimate connection with water inspires this idea. It was intended to create the composition of compact volumes scattered among the pines.
The impression of scattering and dissolving is created consciously. The graphic of trees‘ trunks, the transparency of pine forests, lightness and grace are intended to reveal when creating the houses‘ volumes hanging above the water. It is intended to create the immediate relationship with the natural environment and privacy that are necessary for rest. The pontoon bridge extending to the lake captures the dominant visual axis.” 
IMAGE CREDITS: ARCHDAILY
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