Danish architect and industrial designer Knud Holscher has completed a residence on and island off the coast of southwestern denmark, with interiors by London-based studio Tollgård. Built for a Britain-based family as a summer retreat, the house is characterized by distinctly danish aesthetics, with floor-to-wall windows and a neutral color and material palette.
Responsible for the interiors, Tollgård Design Studio has developed serene spaces that accommodate the clients’ needs, who will spend time in the house during the summer months together with their children. Unassuming and elegant at the same time, the residence’s different rooms combine various textures of wood on the walls, ceilings, and furniture, while stone on the floors and the nude color palette of the textiles add to the refined atmosphere.
For Staffan, the opportunity to work in Scandinavia for the first time felt like coming home. ‘I left Stockholm for the UK more than half my life ago and have worked on design projects in Asia, America, the middle east and all over Europe. here is a family who have lived internationally for years but whose souls also long for home – the design journey into this shared heritage was all the more rewarding.’
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The Danish Summer House is a place to decompress, to connect with nature, to put down cell phones and look out at the bigger, more important picture. To be with their children, to be more at peace and live a simpler life. These were the client’s hopes and dreams for their sand dune retreat. The amount of time they are drawn back to it, is testimony to its success.
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The dining table can be turned into a full sized ping-pong table with the cahirs fitting underneath and the net and paddles hidden in a secret drawer under the table.
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The dramatic airplane wing shape of the roof & ceiling can be appreciated thorughout the open plan area.
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All the bedrooms lie off the large open plan living, dining and kitchen area and the doors are beautifully hidden within the black wooden wall that cuts through the whole of the house.
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Embracing a strong graphic identity as a counterpoint to the simple palette of hard materials, the scheme features natural heavily textured woven textiles, light natural and smoked oak furniture and Made a Mano monochromatic patterned worktops in the bathrooms. Craftsmanship and quality was further elevated throughout the home with a bespoke kitchen, wardrobe and bathroom furniture solution from the Danish master craftspeople at Københavns Møbelsnedkeri.
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The Danish Summer House is a place to decompress, to connect with nature, to put down cell phones and look out at the bigger, more important picture. To be with their children, to be more at peace and live a simpler life. These were the client’s hopes and dreams for their sand dune retreat. The amount of time they are drawn back to it, is testimony to its success.