Black timber and zinc house with sauna sits next to a Finnish lake
A house by Studio Puisto in Finland, sits between a lake and a dense spruce forest and is clad in black-oiled wood and topped by sloping zinc roofs. More
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Self-sustaining cabins on tiny Finnish island are heated by a sauna stove
Finnish designers Aleksi Hautamaki and Milla Selkimaki have built a self-sufficient summer house on the five-acre island they own on the edge of Finland's Archipelago National Park. More
Villa K's angular concrete volumes provide views of a Finnish forest and the Baltic Sea
This house near Helsinki perches on a rocky bluff looking out towards the Baltic Sea and features a cranked form that shelters a decked terrace from the harsh wind. More
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Ortraum Architects builds forest home in Finland with a trapeze, a climbing wall and a hammock
This angular house in a forest near Helsinki is host to a number a child-friendly features including a climbing wall, gymnastic apparatus and a net covering a cut-out in one of the floors. More
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Mer Arkkitehdit sets spruce-panelled villa into cliff face in Finnish seaside town
Architecture studio Mer Arkkitehdit has integrated the surrounding rocky terrain into its design for this spruce-clad villa in the historic Finnish seaside town of Hanko. More
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Timber-clad Gamla Villan by Mer Architects offers views of Finnish meadow and sea
A grand window offers views of the woodland and sea in this house in Hanko, Finland, designed by Mer Architects as a contemporary update of the town's historic villas. More
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MNy Arkitekter uses seven types of timber for Finnish lake house
MNy Arkitekter has used seven varieties of timber to create this gabled house on the shoreline of a small lake in Tenala, Finland (+ slideshow). More
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House H by Teemu Hirvilammi features a black exterior and pale wood interior
Architect Teemu Hirvilammi has completed a wooden house for his own family in the Finnish city of Seinäjoki, featuring dark external walls and a contrasting interior of pale spruce wood (+ slideshow). More
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Lake cabin by Sini Kamppari features slatted timber walls and a projecting terrace
This small wooden cabin by London-based architect Sini Kamppari perches among trees on a granite ridge, offering views of a lake in southeast Finland (+ slideshow). More
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Villa Lumi by Avanto Architects has a curving white concrete staircase
A sculptural white staircase lit by a skylight connects an open-plan living space to a mezzanine floor inside this house in Finland by Avanto Architects (+ slideshow). More
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Forest home by Sanaksenaho Architects features black walls and a bean-shaped roof
Black-painted slats in different widths and thicknesses create uneven ridges on the walls of this lakeside house in a Finnish pine forest (+ slideshow). More
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House Riihi by OOPEAA shelters a courtyard from wintery gusts
Buildings that make up this house in Finland by architects OOPEAA Office for Peripheral Architecture are arranged to protect a courtyard from the cold northerly winds blowing down the valley (+ slideshow). More
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Villa Kettukallio by Playa Architects provides a woodland holiday home
A clay-based black paint forms a protective layer across the facade of this woodland cabin in Finland, designed by Playa Architects as the second home for a Finnish family living abroad (+ slideshow). More
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Timber-clad House M-M by Tuomas Siitonen wraps around a sheltered garden
This wooden home in Helsinki by Finnish architect Tuomas Siitonen has a roof that dips in the middle to allow views across it and a kinked plan that wraps around a secluded garden (+ slideshow). More
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Artist Retreat by 0 to 1
Guest artists will be invited to live and work inside this shard-like timber hut. More
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Four-Cornered Villa by Avanto Architects
Helsinki studio Avanto Architects have completed this house with four wings overlooking four distinct views in Virrat, Finland. More
