Villa AT is an inspiring two-story house located in Kristiansand, Norway, designed in 2018 by Saunders Architecture.

Description
For Todd Saunders, the process of designing and building Villa AT offered one of the most rewarding and instructive commissions of recent years. The project provided the opportunity for creative collaboration with not only Saunders? clients and a skilled team of builders and artisans, but also a chance to explore a number of fresh ideas and design solutions. Many of these ideas were only unlocked after Saunders settled on a unique shape and fluid form for the house that worked with the site and the harsh winds that can sometimes affect this part of the southern Norwegian coast.
Saunders? clients are a couple (a teacher/singer and an IT specialist) with two children, a son and a daughter. The family already owned a summer cabin at Søgne but were based in Oslo, which is around four hours drive away. After reflecting upon how much they loved living here on the coast near Kristiansand they decided to make a permanent move and build a new family home. They came across a magazine article about an earlier residential project by Todd Saunders, known as Villa G, situated by the sea at Hjellestad, near Bergen, and were impressed by the way that the outline of this two-storey residence had been softened by the use of curving lines and more organic shapes that set the building apart from houses designed with rigid, linear geometries. The ...