https://www.architecturalrecord.com/rss/1782 en-us http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/16070 Fri, 24 Feb 2023 08:00:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/16070-snapshot-arkdess-groundbreaking-exhibition-showcases-the-work-of-tham-and-videgard-beneath-a-transparent-floor A family wanted a tranquil getaway on the Stockholm archipelago with space for relaxation and guests.

]]> 1310-summerhouse-lagno-tham-and-videgard-arkitekter.asp Wed, 16 Oct 2013 12:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/8438-summerhouse-lagn%C3%B6 Summerhouse Lagnö Summerhouse LagnöTham & Videgård ArkitekterStockholm archipelago, SwedenPhoto © Åke E:son Lindman Summerhouse Lagnö Summerhouse LagnöTham & Videgård ArkitekterStockholm archipelago, SwedenPhoto © Åke E:son Lindman Summerhouse Lagnö Summerhouse LagnöTham & Videgård ArkitekterStockholm archipelago, SwedenPhoto © Åke E:son Lindman Summerhouse Lagnö Summerhouse LagnöTham & Videgård ArkitekterStockholm archipelago, SwedenPhoto © Åke E:son Lindman Summerhouse Lagnö Summerhouse LagnöTham & Videgård ArkitekterStockholm archipelago, SwedenPhoto © Åke E:son Lindman Summerhouse Lagnö Summerhouse LagnöTham & Videgård ArkitekterStockholm archipelago, SwedenPhoto © Åke E:son Lindman Summerhouse Lagnö Summerhouse LagnöTham & Videgård ArkitekterStockholm archipelago, SwedenPhoto © Åke E:son Lindman Summerhouse Lagnö Summerhouse LagnöTham & Videgård ArkitekterStockholm archipelago, SwedenPhoto © Åke E:son Lindman Summerhouse Lagnö Summerhouse LagnöTham & Videgård ArkitekterStockholm archipelago, SwedenImage courtesy Tham & Videgård Arkitekter Summerhouse Lagnö Summerhouse LagnöTham & Videgård ArkitekterStockholm archipelago, SwedenImage courtesy Tham & Videgård Arkitekter Summerhouse Lagnö Summerhouse LagnöTham & Videgård ArkitekterStockholm archipelago, SwedenImage courtesy Tham & Videgård Arkitekter Summerhouse Lagnö Summerhouse LagnöTham & Videgård ArkitekterStockholm archipelago, SwedenImage courtesy Tham & Videgård Arkitekter Summerhouse Lagnö Summerhouse LagnöTham & Videgård ArkitekterStockholm archipelago, SwedenImage courtesy Tham & Videgård Arkitekter Summerhouse Lagnö Summerhouse LagnöTham & Videgård ArkitekterStockholm archipelago, SwedenImage courtesy Tham & Videgård Arkitekter Summerhouse Lagnö Summerhouse LagnöTham & Videgård ArkitekterStockholm archipelago, SwedenImage courtesy Tham & Videgård Arkitekter When Bolle Tham and Martin VidegÅrd opened their Stockholm office 10 years ago, the established architecture in Sweden was, according to them, boring.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/14210 Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/14210-design-vanguard-2009-tham-videg%C3%A5rd-arkitekter Tham & Videgård won an international competition in 2005 for the design of the Kalmar Museum of Art, which opened last year. Located in a Renaissance town in the southeast of Sweden, the simple black cube houses galleries, offices, a public library, and workshops in a series of open platforms. A stair spirals from the entrance lobby up to the fourth floor, where a sawtooth shed roof provides toplit exhibition space for the museum’s collection. While the interior features exposed concrete, the exterior is clad in black-stained plywood panels, lending a domestic scale to the public building. Extensive glazed openings on the facades offer views of the surrounding park and nearby lake and castle. At the ground level, the museum connects to a restaurant pavilion dating to the 1930s by Swedish Modernist Sven-Ivar Lind. Photo © Åke E:son Lindman Tham & Videgård won an international competition in 2005 for the design of the Kalmar Museum of Art, which opened last year. Located in a Renaissance town in the southeast of Sweden, the simple black cube houses galleries, offices, a public library, and workshops in a series of open platforms. A stair spirals from the entrance lobby up to the fourth floor, where a sawtooth shed roof provides toplit exhibition space for the museum’s collection. While the interior features exposed concrete, the exterior is clad in black-stained plywood panels, lending a domestic scale to the public building. Extensive glazed openings on the facades offer views of the surrounding park and nearby lake and castle. At the ground level, the museum connects to a restaurant pavilion dating to the 1930s by Swedish Modernist Sven-Ivar Lind. Photo © Åke E:son Lindman Tham & Videgård won an international competition in 2005 for the design of the Kalmar Museum of Art, which opened last year. Located in a Renaissance town in the southeast of Sweden, the simple black cube houses galleries, offices, a public library, and workshops in a series of open platforms. A stair spirals from the entrance lobby up to the fourth floor, where a sawtooth shed roof provides toplit exhibition space for the museum’s collection. While the interior features exposed concrete, the exterior is clad in black-stained plywood panels, lending a domestic scale to the public building. Extensive glazed openings on the facades offer views of the surrounding park and nearby lake and castle. At the ground level, the museum connects to a restaurant pavilion dating to the 1930s by Swedish Modernist Sven-Ivar Lind. Photo © Åke E:son Lindman Tham & Videgård won an international competition in 2005 for the design of the Kalmar Museum of Art, which opened last year. Located in a Renaissance town in the southeast of Sweden, the simple black cube houses galleries, offices, a public library, and workshops in a series of open platforms. A stair spirals from the entrance lobby up to the fourth floor, where a sawtooth shed roof provides toplit exhibition space for the museum’s collection. While the interior features exposed concrete, the exterior is clad in black-stained plywood panels, lending a domestic scale to the public building. Extensive glazed openings on the facades offer views of the surrounding park and nearby lake and castle. At the ground level, the museum connects to a restaurant pavilion dating to the 1930s by Swedish Modernist Sven-Ivar Lind. Photo © Åke E:son Lindman For a Swedish family returning to Stockholm after living abroad in England, Tham & Videgård updated an apartment in a very traditional building not by rearranging the floor plan, but by transforming the floors. Using the colors of autumn, the architects created a vibrant array of wood planks that designate different zones. The architects also selected the furnishings, all in white and all designed by Scandinavian artists and designers. The dining table even takes the shape of Sweden — its long, narrow form a fitting profile around which to gather. The chandelier that hangs above the table is the work of Lagombra, a Stockholm artist who remakes and recombines objects from Ikea. Photo © Åke E:son Lindman For a Swedish family returning to Stockholm after living abroad in England, Tham & Videgård updated an apartment in a very traditional building not by rearranging the floor plan, but by transforming the floors. Using the colors of autumn, the architects created a vibrant array of wood planks that designate different zones. The architects also selected the furnishings, all in white and all designed by Scandinavian artists and designers. The dining table even takes the shape of Sweden — its long, narrow form a fitting profile around which to gather. The chandelier that hangs above the table is the work of Lagombra, a Stockholm artist who remakes and recombines objects from Ikea. Photo © Åke E:son Lindman For a Swedish family returning to Stockholm after living abroad in England, Tham & Videgård updated an apartment in a very traditional building not by rearranging the floor plan, but by transforming the floors. Using the colors of autumn, the architects created a vibrant array of wood planks that designate different zones. The architects also selected the furnishings, all in white and all designed by Scandinavian artists and designers. The dining table even takes the shape of Sweden — its long, narrow form a fitting profile around which to gather. The chandelier that hangs above the table is the work of Lagombra, a Stockholm artist who remakes and recombines objects from Ikea. Photo © Åke E:son Lindman For a Swedish family returning to Stockholm after living abroad in England, Tham & Videgård updated an apartment in a very traditional building not by rearranging the floor plan, but by transforming the floors. Using the colors of autumn, the architects created a vibrant array of wood planks that designate different zones. The architects also selected the furnishings, all in white and all designed by Scandinavian artists and designers. The dining table even takes the shape of Sweden — its long, narrow form a fitting profile around which to gather. The chandelier that hangs above the table is the work of Lagombra, a Stockholm artist who remakes and recombines objects from Ikea. Image courtesy Åke E:son Lindman On a remote island in the Stockholm archipelago, where transport of building materials by car is restricted, the architects had to devise an ingenious solution for the construction of a summer house. The same standard bitumen product that covers the sloping roof runs down the walls. “We wrapped these sheets around the exterior like you would wrap a cast for a broken leg,” says Tham. “It creates a nice detail that can only work on such a small structure.” Inside the 970-square-foot house, the architects neatly tucked a bathroom, two bedrooms, and a storage space into the four corners of the square floor plan, arranging them around a central open space. Light enters through a large skylight at the roof’s summit. Sliding glass doors on the interior of two niches, on opposite sides of the house, also allow light to penetrate the central area (where a kitchenette flanks one wall), and provide sheltered spaces for an entry terrace and indoor-outdoor dining. Photo © Åke E:son Lindman On a remote island in the Stockholm archipelago, where transport of building materials by car is restricted, the architects had to devise an ingenious solution for the construction of a summer house. The same standard bitumen product that covers the sloping roof runs down the walls. “We wrapped these sheets around the exterior like you would wrap a cast for a broken leg,” says Tham. “It creates a nice detail that can only work on such a small structure.” Inside the 970-square-foot house, the architects neatly tucked a bathroom, two bedrooms, and a storage space into the four corners of the square floor plan, arranging them around a central open space. Light enters through a large skylight at the roof’s summit. Sliding glass doors on the interior of two niches, on opposite sides of the house, also allow light to penetrate the central area (where a kitchenette flanks one wall), and provide sheltered spaces for an entry terrace and indoor-outdoor dining. Photo © Åke E:son Lindman Tham & Videgård is designing a building for the architecture school where both partners were students. The deep red of the weathering steel facade matches the dark brick of the rest of the nearly 100-year-old campus. Its rounded form on a narrow courtyard site maintains the character of a continuous space. A roof terrace tops six above-grade levels. Below grade, a network of workshop spaces connects to the main library and the campus entrance building (also by Tham & Videgård) like the tentacles of an octopus. Photo courtesy Tham & Videgård Arkitekter For another house whose remote location on the Stockholm archipelago limited transport of building materials, Tham & Videgård designed a lightweight structure in wood and glass. Completed in 2006, the 1,400-square-foot summer house — a common building type in Sweden — offers a frame within which to experience nature. Upon a rhomboid-shaped platform, staggered living spaces open onto a wood deck. (Small bedrooms and service areas occupy the back portion of the house.) The geometry of the plan is generated by the site, a flat parcel between mountainous rocks. The zigzag layout creates a series of outdoor spaces that are sheltered from the strong winds while providing views of the Baltic Sea to the west. The black-stained exterior cladding and trellis reference the tall surrounding pine trees. Photo © Åke E:son Lindman For another house whose remote location on the Stockholm archipelago limited transport of building materials, Tham & Videgård designed a lightweight structure in wood and glass. Completed in 2006, the 1,400-square-foot summer house — a common building type in Sweden — offers a frame within which to experience nature. Upon a rhomboid-shaped platform, staggered living spaces open onto a wood deck. (Small bedrooms and service areas occupy the back portion of the house.) The geometry of the plan is generated by the site, a flat parcel between mountainous rocks. The zigzag layout creates a series of outdoor spaces that are sheltered from the strong winds while providing views of the Baltic Sea to the west. The black-stained exterior cladding and trellis reference the tall surrounding pine trees. Photo © Åke E:son Lindman For another house whose remote location on the Stockholm archipelago limited transport of building materials, Tham & Videgård designed a lightweight structure in wood and glass. Completed in 2006, the 1,400-square-foot summer house — a common building type in Sweden — offers a frame within which to experience nature. Upon a rhomboid-shaped platform, staggered living spaces open onto a wood deck. (Small bedrooms and service areas occupy the back portion of the house.) The geometry of the plan is generated by the site, a flat parcel between mountainous rocks. The zigzag layout creates a series of outdoor spaces that are sheltered from the strong winds while providing views of the Baltic Sea to the west. The black-stained exterior cladding and trellis reference the tall surrounding pine trees. Photo © Åke E:son Lindman Located in the far north of Sweden, the Tree Hotel responds to heightened interest in ecotourism, where travelers can enjoy more direct encounters with nature. Tham & Videgård’s design is one of several that will be built this year by Brittas Pensionat, a hotelier in the area. A lightweight aluminum structure is hung around a tree trunk. Its mirrored glass exterior reflects the surrounding trees and sky, creating a camouflaged refuge (with a feature visible to birds to prevent collisions). The 13-by-13-by-13-foot box contains sleeping quarters and a terrace. Access to the cabin will be by a rope ladder or a rope bridge connecting it to other trees. Bathroom facilities are located on the ground. Photo courtesy Tham & Videgård Arkitekter