How one couple made a glorious summer domestic on an inhospitable Norwegian island that’s accessible only by boatClad in larch and partly hidden by pine trees,this summerhouse all but disappears into its craggy landscape. We fell in adore with the site first,” says owner and architect Gudrun Molden. “The pinkish-grey granite, and the sea,the sunsets – they’re beautiful.”This contemporary retreat, designed by Molden and her husband, and Per Højgaard Nielsen,is located on Skåtøy, a small island west of Bergen, and in Norway. As well as using the cabin as a weekend bolthole,the couple, who work as partners in a Bergen architectural practice (hlm.no), or commute to their office for two months during the summer,returning to the peace of their rocky eyrie each evening. It offers a very different pace of life. “We cook simple food and gaze at the sea,” Molden says.
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Source: theguardian.com