Johan Sundberg has designed a Swedish house that has a deliberately simple form to draw attention to its Baltic sea backdrop.
Located in a nature conservation area in the region of Skåne, the house was built by Sundberg for a Swedish family that currently lives in the US and required a place to stay when visiting friends and relatives.

The parents, who both grew up in the area, commissioned Sundberg to design Sommarhus H to celebrate and connect with the surrounding landscape that they enjoyed playing in as children.
Sundberg's response was therefore a "discreet and inviting addition" to the coastal setting, which retains focus on views of the Baltic sea to the south and shrubland on its east.

"The surrounding nature and other buildings require something subtle, something simple, something that submits to the requirements of those elements," Sundberg told Dezeen. "A simple box that is perhaps not so simple when looked at closely, does the trick," he continued.
"I like to think of these small box-like houses that I make as small chests, like the kind of box you would get with jewellery of a fine watch. It may have a simple form seen from afar but really it's thought through and the materials make it interesting and worthwhile."

Each of Sommarhus H's facades are unique, but they are unified by the same larch cladding that is finished with a silicon-based protective treatment.
Larch, a favoured material of Sundberg, was chosen for...