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Stockholm-based studio Kolman Boye Architects has designed a weekend retreat in Lillesand, Norway, with an exterior made out of offcuts of picket flooring materials.

Studio founders Erik Kolman and Victor Boye got here up with the idea after they realized that Danish flooring model Dinesen had a big haul of leftover wooden accessible to be used.

“It is about utilizing what’s accessible, of looking for stunning supplies with out clicking ‘order’ on a pc,” stated Boye.

This week’s publication additionally included a minimalist renovation of a mews home in London by Trewhela Williams, an interview with the “grandfather of mass timber” Hermann Kaufmann and the passing of Uruguayan architect Rafael Viñoly.

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