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Casa Ry, Contemporary Danish House
New Residence in Denmark ? design by Christoffersen & Weiling Architects
13 Sep 2019
Contemporary Danish Home
Architect: Christoffersen & Weiling Architects
Location: Denmark
A new Danish house for two and their falcons wins prestigious architecture award

Photos by Tina Stephansen
The project Casa Ry designed by the Danish architecture studio Christoffersen & Weiling Architects wins the prestigious German architecture award Iconic Award in the category Innovative Architecture.

The award is given to visionary buildings all over the world. The farmhouse reinvented Casa Ry is a peaceful and welcoming home located in the countryside of Denmark.
The house is designed for a family of two and their precious falcons. Therefore, the project consists of a main building (living) and two barns (one for the birds and one for a workshop) surrounding a central courtyard. A simple and yet iconic building that reinterpret the traditional Danish farmhouse.

The concept is to reinterpret the simple shape of the original and traditional Danish farmhouse ? three long, abstract volumes with a gable roof. The visitors enter the courtyard along a concrete path and are able to experience the entire project.

The main house is placed in between the open landscape and the village and is protected by the two barn houses. In this way, it profits both from the view onto the central courtya...