FREDRIK LUND SOME HOUSES
to Christian, Sofie and Mats
SOME HOUSES BY FREDRIK LUND
The Poetry of Things 8
Fredrik Lund
Parallel Walls 16
Within the Box 22
House of Terraces 26
Arcade House 1 32
Stonehenge House 38
Within the Frame 44
1 +1 House 50
Box in Box House 54
Fredrik Lund and the Art of Living 59
Nathan Romero Muelas
Introvert Studio 64
L House 70
Long Room House 76
Courtyard House 80
Two Beams House 84
Outside Inside House 88 Into the Ground 92
Slope House 96
House of Trees 100
Playful and profound 105
Siri Moseng
In-Out House 108
Flower House 112 Overgrown 116
House of Secret Space 120
One +Half House 124
The Space Between 128 On the Platform 132
Arcade House 2 136
It’s Not Business, It’s Just Personal 141
Christoffer Harlang
Space for Unknown Use 144
4 Walls House 148
Half Circle House 152
Introvert House 156
One Beam House 160
Along the Wall 166
Under the Roof 170
Arcade House 3 174
4 Friends House 178
The Prompter of Memory 183 Mads Øiern
6 Beds House 186
Half Enclosed 190
Village Under the Roof 194
Palladio in Wood 200
The Inner Garden 206
Wood on Concrete 210
Diagonal 216
Long Lines House 220
The Unknown 226 Fredrik Lund
It’s Just Lines. The Expressive Capacity of Hand Drawing 235 Héctor Fernández Elorza
Fredrik Lund 240
A Selection of Built and Unbuilt Work by Fredrik Lund 242
Image Credits 248
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Humans excel at designing and constructing technological marvels like cars and aeroplanes. Yet, when it comes to the very houses we live in, do we apply the same level of creativity and bold innovation? Or are we too constrained by notions of how we think things ought to be?
In this beautiful book, architect and professor Fredrik Lund explores the concept of constructing homes that not only offer a refuge of tranquillity in our hectic, modern lives but also blur the boundaries between indoor and outdoor living. Imagine houses with internal gardens, spaces that exist in a liminal state between inside and outside – where being indoors feels like an embrace with nature.
Lund presents a unique approach to designing homes, drawing inspiration from traditional Norwegian outbuildings, barns, and sawmills. He invites the reader into a vibrant world of unexpected delights, masterful woodwork, poetic expression, and an enhanced quality of life nestled in silence. Through his adept use of simple lines, Lund brings these houses to life, making them both accessible and vivid.
Five renowned architects – Héctor Fernández Elorza, Siri Moseng, Nathan Romero Muelas, Mads Øiern and Christoffer Harlang – contribute with essays where they offer their reflections on Lund’s drawings and ideas, along with broader musings on houses and design.
This book addresses architecture students, practising architects, and anyone passionate about the pursuit of thoughtful, well-designed living spaces.
Fredrik Lund is a practising architect and a professor of architecture at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim.