"Along the northern coast of Norway, the Lofoten archipelago extends into the sea, looking outward to the peaks, fjords, and inlets shaped by ice and wind. On Storemolla island, Danish design brand Vipp has unveiled its latest guesthouse - a timber structure designed by LOGG ARKITEKTER that perches lightly atop an array of stilts above the shoreline. Part of the new True North Lofoten Village, the cabin joins a series of contemporary lodgings masterplanned by Snøhetta, where architecture and landscape coexist in deliberate balance."
"The Vipp guesthouse continues a lineage of simple wooden structures that once supported the fishing culture of Lofoten, Norway. For centuries, Storemolla's skippers anchored their boats beside modest one-story rorbuer cottages raised on stilts above the tide. LOGG ARKITEKTER extends that vernacular logic with a structure that reads as both cabin and boathouse, resting on slender stilts anchored in the rock."
The guesthouse sits on Storemolla island in the Lofoten archipelago, raised on slender stilts above the shoreline. The timber cabin references traditional rorbuer fishing cottages and boathouses while adopting a minimalist, directional geometry oriented toward the sea. Weathered wood cladding and sharp forms create an appearance that is simultaneously transient and grounded within the exposed Arctic landscape. Each unit is a precise timber volume designed to dissolve the boundary between shelter and seascape. The project forms part of True North Lofoten Village, a cluster of contemporary lodgings masterplanned by Snøhetta and composed of contributions from Norwegian studios focused on responsible Arctic hospitality.
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