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Sumit Singhal
Sumit Singhal loves modern architecture. He comes from a family of builders who have built more than 20 projects in the last ten years near Delhi in India. He has recently started writing about the architectural projects that catch his imagination. Tree-Trunk Garden House in Hilversum, The Netherlands by Piet Hein EekFebruary 21st, 2013 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: Piet Hein Eek It sometimes happens that you are asked to produce something you have actually wanted to do for some time. A customer called and asked if we could build a log shack in his field, one that would be large enough to sit and write inside. I loved the idea from the start. Oddly enough, we’ve recently received quite a few questions about the log shack we produced years ago.  Image Courtesy © Thomas Mayer
 Image Courtesy © Thomas Mayer That shack has been added to the collection of the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam. And now we’ve constructed one as a stack of logs standing in a pasture at the edge of the woods. Not long after that, we sold a version of the shack I had wanted to design for quite a while, this time in a different size and made of birch.  Image Courtesy © Thomas Mayer As the shack began to take shape, so did the enthusiasm of all those involved in its construction or who saw it. The windows and shutters are what really make the difference. The sliding windows are fitted into specially designed frames, although “specially designed” is somewhat of an exaggeration for the simple plastic and steel profiles.  Image Courtesy © Thomas Mayer  Image Courtesy © Thomas Mayer  Image Courtesy Piet Hein Eek
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