With the first half of summer behind us, the vacation season is in full swing, and many of us are planning to relax surrounded by nature, away from the hustle and bustle of cities. The ideal way to relax is with summer cottages often located in charming places - in the woods, by the lake, or by the beach. If you are looking for inspiration, we have prepared for you a review of architectural gems from Podhale to the Baltic Sea.
mountain prefab house
HONAY HOUSE can be seen in Dursztyn
Photo: Karolina Krasińska© studio JANG
If you're in the Malopolska region near Nowy Targ, it's worth taking a look at Dursztyn, where a prefabricated house by the Polish-Chinese JANG studio has been erected on the very top of Honaj Hill. Wooden and eco-friendly, HONAY HOUSE takes advantage of the area's assets, allowing visitors to relax surrounded by nature and the panorama of the Slovak Tatra Mountains.
modern shepherd's huts
The settlement of luxury chalets is located in Koscielisko
Photo: Grzegorz Tatar © Karpiel Steindel Architecture
In Podhale, the latest realization of the Karpiel Steindel Architektura studio , known for combining regional traditions with modernity, attracts attention . Situated at the foot of the Giewont Mountains, Osada in Koscielisko consists of six villas referring in form and materials used to mountain shepherd's huts. Look out for roofing made of dranice!
collage of old and new
Project of a summer house in the Gorce mountains
© exexe
Staying in southern Poland and the theme of regional architecture, an interesting project is a summer house in the Gorce Mountains by the exexe studio . The architects faced a considerable challenge - thereconstruction of an existing 30-year-old building. The authors left the massive foundation made ofpebbles and shinglescovering the roof and exterior walls.
Minimalism in Silesia
The Silesian House can be built on application
© Tecla
And now a jump on the map and a visit to the Sudeten foothills, where architects from the Tecla studio have created the Silesian House in response to the growing demand for contemporary, functional and aesthetically pleasing recreational architecture . The lump of the building, with its simple plan, proportions and gabled roof, is reminiscent of Lower Silesian architecture.
35 m² of happiness in the bosom of nature
HUS is located in Strzyże, but you can also buy its design and build it on your own plot of land
© HUS
Traveling from Warsaw, in just an hour you can reach the small village of Strzyże, where a year-round house with a Russian banya awaits you. HUS, with an area of 35 square meters, can be rented, but you can also buy and build it on your own plot. The project's watchwords? Open room layout, wood, cellulose-based materials and natural waterproofing.
A summer house that helps
Wildcat is located in the Nadbuzanski Landscape Park
Photo: Pawel Kraszewski © Magdalena Grycz, mallumo, FOSA studio
Also an hour's drive from Warsaw, Wildcat was built - a summer house on a triangular plan. Wildcat was created out of a desire to create a resting place and to help wildcats and other endangered animal species with its activities. From each stay at the cottage, part of the proceeds go to help animals from the WWF Foundation.
for peace and quiet to POSPOKÓJ Cottage
POSPOKÓJ Cottage is located in the province of Warmia and Mazury
Photo: Nate Cook Photography © YONO architecture
Heading towards Masuria, in the vicinity of a forest and a lake, you will find a modern summer house by the YONO architecture studio. Its investor wanted to get a place where he and his guests would be able to relax surrounded by nature and beautiful views - that's how the Scandinavian-style wooden cottage POSPOKÓJ was created.
relaxation by the sea
Modern Houses 7 were built in Jastrzebia Gora.
Photo: Piotr Kowalczyk © Archmondo
We end our review in Jastrzebia Gora where Modern Houses 7 holiday homes were built, located just three hundred meters from the sea. Economical in form, the habitat consisting of seven objects is a project by Piotr Kowalczyk of Archmondo studio, who tried to capture the atmosphere of vacations by the sea, but without unnecessary ornaments and embellishments, hence the white and wood.
