This modern vacation house in Iceland created by Norway based architects Gudmundur Jonsson. The characteristic landscape situation and view differences distinctively in each direction. The entrance with the brown stone texture paint with the overhead lighting above it is brilliant. The curved wall with its complementing curved ceiling manages to break the linear monotony.Towards south the view to the sea and islands, towards north the characteristic triangular mountain, towards east the glacier and towards west the river and canyon. Those elements are the creator of the project, the transitions between the landscape views giving the entrance from the north and the curved plan giving a vitalized focus towards the seaside in south. When turning back the north view towards the mountain is as well enhanced with the widening view due to the fan-shape of the tilting wooden wall, being a mediator between the northern and southern landscape characteristic. The tilting is an answer and an interpretation of the glacier towards east, they are communicating and the only and huge window in that wall is creating “a painting” of the glacier experienced from the interior. – Gudmundur Jonsson

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This entry was posted on Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010 at 9:26 pm and is filed under House Design.Tags: brown stone house, Casa G, Casa G by Gudmundur Jonsson architects, characteristic landscape, Contemporary Casa G, Contemporary House, Contemporary Interior Casa G, curved wall, glacier, Gudmundur Jonsson Architects, landscape views, monotony, norway architects, overhead lighting, seaside house, vacation house design
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