Villa Krona has been a favorite of mine for a long time – located in Finland, it is a bizarre home that makes the most of its site and, as a vacation home, does a very good job of establishing an almost anti-urban feel, despite its strong modern lines and sleek materials which contrast strongly with the rough granite it perches upon and draws inspiration from.
I love the choice of
larch for the exterior cladding. Since it weathers grey, as the building ages
it will merge even more completely with the surroundings, while the pine and
ash interior will remain warm and welcoming against the cold of Baltic winters.
I think the best way I could sum up my feelings about Villa
Krona would be to say that it exudes a contradictory but wonderful sense of
simplistic complexity and a very modern naturalism.
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