Article source: Claesson Koivisto Rune Architects

This house is like a funnel of light, space and sea views. The location is the west coast of the Baltic island of Öland. The white concrete box is “corsetted” in the middle, creating slightly sheared wall and roof angles. This gives the house both its direction and character, while also marking the difference between the rear private two-storey bedroom part and the communal double ceiling-height front part.

Image Courtesy Åke E.son Lindman

• Architects: Claesson Koivisto Rune Architects
• Project: Widlund House
• Location: Sandvik, Öland, Sweden
• Project Team: Mårten Claesson, Eero Koivisto, Ola Rune, Deta Gemzell, Kumi Nakagaki, Kia Larsdotter, Lotti Engstrand
• Client: Karin Meindner and Jan Widlund
• Designed: 2008
• Built: 2011
• Builder: Folke Nilsson AB and Finja (precast concrete)
• Construction/Material: solid white precast concrete
• Building area: 220 m²

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