The Juvet Landscape Hotel. 7 Private Dwellings In The Norwegian Woods.

On a sheer river bank, amongst birch, aspen, pine and nature-sculpted boulders, lies Juvet, Europe’s first landscape hotel, conceived of by Knut Slinning.





Located in Burtigard, Gudbrandsjuvet, Norway and constructed by Jensen and Skoven Architects at first glance, the seven detached guest rooms seem modest and unassuming. But when you open the door and go in, it’s as if nature rushes in to greet you through the massive panoramic windows. You can almost feel the trees brushing against you, and the snow-white drops of spray from the river Valldøla on your face.







The Seven Individual Accommodations
Each room is a detached small independent house with one, or sometimes two of the walls constructed in glass. The landscape in which these rooms are placed is by most people considered spectacularly beautiful and varied and the topography allows a layout where no room looks at another. In this way every room gets its own surprising view of a dramatic piece of landscape, always changing with the weather and the time of the day and the season.












The Spa
According to legend, those who drink the water from Olavskjelda (St. Olav’s Spring) will remain healthy and young forever. Thus when enjoying their spa, you are practically bathing in holy water.





In addition to pampering yourself in the spa or relaxing in your secluded accommodations, activities in the area include all types of Winter sports, Hikes, Rafting, Wilderness camp and World heritage site.

Open March through October, the hotel offers peaceful, secluded and inspiring surroundings for both private individuals and companies who want to design their own arrangements – whether it’s a private event, a camp gathering or business meeting.

Client: Knut Slinning
Project Architects: JSA; Jan Olav Jensen, Børre Skodvin, Torunn Golberg Helge Lunder, Torstein Koch; Thomas Knigge
Landscape architect: Jensen & Skodvin
Static consultant: Siv. Ing. Finn Erik Nilsen
Year Planned: 2004 - 2007
Year Built: 2007 - 2009
Area: 800m2
Cost: 1 Million Euro



The Juvet Landscape Hotel cooperates with the following partners:
Valldal Naturopplevingar
Jordbærstova
Petrines Gjestgiveri
Øvre Valldal Grendalag
Valldalen.no
Happy End
Norddal kommune
Destinasjon Geiranger-Trollstigen
Destinasjon Ålesund-Sunnmøre

CONTACT INFORMATION
JUVET™ landskapshotell
Alstad, 6210 Valldal

KNUT SLINNING
M: +47 9503 2010
knut@juvet.com

most photos and info courtesy of Knut Bry and the Juvet Landscape Hotel, additional photos by Jiri Havran

The Treehotel In Northern Sweden Opens With 6 Tree Houses By Various Architects.

The Treehotel, run by Britta and Kent Lindvall, is a cooperative concept between well-known designers and architects. The result is a unique collection of hotel rooms (6 completed and open for booking as of this month) perched up in the pine trees of Northern Sweden. The concept "live in a treehut" is given a new dimension, created in harmony with nature and ecological values and is built on the philosophy to find another way to experience the value of a forest rather than cut the trees for industrial use.

There are 6 completely unique themed Tree Houses so far, each created by 5 different architecture firms. The goal is to continue to build a total of 24 over a five year period, all of which will be created by national and international architects.

The Cabin by Cyrén & Cyrén






The Mirror Cube by Tham & Videgård Arkitekter







The UFO by Inredningsgruppen



A Room With A View by Marge Arkitekter


The Bird's Nest by Inredningsgruppen



The Blue Cone by SandellSandberg


Other tree hut themes presented:

The Triangle by SandellSandberg:

The Cloud by Marge Arkitekter:


The Sauna



In addition to the Treehotel there will be a sauna and a conference /breakfast room which will seat 12 guests comfortably, making it the first Tree Hotel in the world with a sauna. There will also be a room with disabled access and facilities.

Information and amenities:

The Tree Hotel will be open all year round. Each Tree Hotel hut will have an electric floor heating system which will be delivered from an eco-friendly source of electricity. 


The rooms vary from 15 – 30 square meters and range between 4-6 meters from the ground. The rooms can be accessed by either a ramp or sturdy stairs. Two of the rooms will have electric retractable stairs.

Every Tree House will have its own living and sleeping areas. Four of the Tree Houses will accommodate two beds and the remaining two Tree Houses will have four beds which would be ideal for family’s. Each Tree House will be equipped with its own state of the art eco-friendly incineration toilet and water efficient hand basin, which means there is no artificial plumbing. The interior of each Tree House will be uniquely designed with its own furniture and lighting to complement the individual theme of each Tree House by the architect.

Book your tree hut here

The Inspiration
The idea was inspired by the documentary film “Trädälskaren”(Treelover) by Jonas Selberg Augustsen. A story about three men from the urban environment who seek their roots and build a tree house together. It is also a philosophical film about what the ”tree” means for human beings in history and culture. The documentary was filmed in Harads and shown on Swedish TV and cinemas.

Over the past year, guests were able to rent the Tree House that was built for the documentary and that is where the inspiration fr the Treehotel came from.

Treehotel is a part of Brittas Pensionat which the Lindvall's started 5 years ago.The pensionat has 12 double rooms, restaurant / bar and a sauna with an area to relax in. Brittas Pensionat will now be incorporated into the new Treehotel Company. Brittas pensionat is a listed building of The Swedish National Heritage Board who preserves environment and design from the 1930s -1950s.


above: the Tree hotel is part of the Pensionat Brittas, run by proprietors Britta and Kent Lindvall

Location:



Treehotel in Harads
Brittas pensionat
Edeforsväg 2 A
960 24 Harads
Sweden
phone + 46 928 10403
e-mail: info@treehotel.se

images courtesy of each architectural firm, Brittas Pensionat, and the Tree hotel.