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A Studio for a Danish Artist by Svendborg Architects
Copenhagen firm Svendborg Architects have built this artist's studio inside an existing stable building in Denmark.
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The studio comprises the existing structural walls that have been preserved, and an anodised aluminium structure inside with a roof extending up above the previous roofline.
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One side of the gabled interior has been finished entirely in mirrors to reflect views into the studio from skylights in the opposite side of the pitched roof.
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Photographs are by Ole Hein and Poul Høilund D. Cruise.
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Here's some more from the architects:
The new element is one homogeneous element in contrast to the white plastered facades of the old house.
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The project is both contextual and innovative.
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In its shape and colour blends in with the existing farmhouses.
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At the same time the studio offers new spatial feeling and qualities due to its small innovative solutions.
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As the client says: “walking into this space makes me feel more free and think better.”
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The new element is one homogeneous element in contrast to the white plastered facades of the old house.
![Studio by Svendborg Architects Studio by Svendborg Architects](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2010/09/dzn_Studio-by-Svendborg-Architects-11.jpg)
The project is both contextual and innovative.
![Studio by Svendborg Architects Studio by Svendborg Architects](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2010/09/dzn_Studio-by-Svendborg-Architects-12.jpg)
In its shape and colour it blends in with the existing farmhouses.
![Studio by Svendborg Architects Studio by Svendborg Architects](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2010/09/dzn_Studio-by-Svendborg-Architects-13.jpg)
At the same time the studio offers new spatial feeling and qualities due to its small innovative solutions.
![Studio by Svendborg Architects Studio by Svendborg Architects](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2010/09/dzn_Studio-by-Svendborg-Architects-14.jpg)
As the client says: “walking into this space makes me feel more free and think better”
![Studio by Svendborg Architects Studio by Svendborg Architects](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2010/09/dzn_Studio-by-Svendborg-Architects-15.jpg)
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