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Beautiful Iceberg on the Baltic is a Brilliant Summer Cabin

by , 09/03/10
filed under: Architecture

Floating house, houseboat, Ålands Hotell, Iceberg Cabin, Daniel Andersson

You’ve dreamed of having a summer cabin settled along a lake, but did you ever imagine an escape placed directly on the water? Architect Daniel Andersson has envisioned a nouveau lake house that lets guests sleep with the fish — where the living space sits directly below the water’s surface and from above emerges an expansive roof deck. Andersson’s design came about when he was approached by his client, Ålands Hotell & Restaurangskola, to create a fresh concept able to attract more guests to a resort located on the Åland Islands in the Baltic Sea. What resulted was an incredible iceberg shaped building that sits beautifully on the waterscape and provokes onlookers to consider new, unconventional forms for living.

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2 Responses to “Beautiful Iceberg on the Baltic is a Brilliant Summer Cabin”

  1. Meche Meche says:

    This is a very cool design, but I’m afraid that if we start building on water it really going to affect the under water Eco-system just like it does on land or worse.

  2. Greenlichen Greenlichen says:

    Amazing piece of Architecture there. Keep it up.

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