Happy Dog Retreat By Håkon Vigsnæs

Wallpaper magazine invites around a dozen designers to redesign ubiquitous objects ranging from rice cookers to camping tents,using handmade techniques. This year,the magazine commissioned Oslo based Jarmund Vigsnæs Architects to rethink the doghouse. Chief architect Håkon Vigsnæs used the brief to experiment,designing the Happy Dog Retreat,a canine home that brings vernacular woodworking into the flat pack age. Working with sustainable wood manufacturers Kebony and timber experts Moderne Materiell,the architects devised a structural system that draws on the Norwegian Notch joint,in which each log is notched with a precise cutout that knits the logs together in a weather-tight frame.The...

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