Architect Visit: Studiomama Beach Chalet
July 15th, 2008
From Julie:
The beach house pared down to the essentials: eat, drink, sleep, view. London-based Danish designer Nina Tolstrup of Studiomama wanted a weekend retreat to escape life in Shoreditch, so she bought a small plot of land on the shore in Whitstable, a seaside town located in northeast Kent. The 388-square-foot structure is located in the middle of a row of 25 tiny cottages, sits on galvanized steel stilts, and is clad with cedar shingles. The interior is sawn softwood; and the focus is the sea view. A sleeping loft accommodates Tolstrup and her husband, and her two children sleep in bunks. Read Tolstrup’s article “How I Built My Dream Beach Hut” in the Guardian. Via the excellent new blog Mopu42; images by Ben Anders.
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8 Comments Add your own
1. MaryBeth | July 15th, 2008 at 8:03 am
Totally amazing what you can get rid of when all you want to do is enjoy the view, location and relaxation. I think adding the shingles is just the touch the outside needed to give this tiny little shack character. Wish it were mine.
Thnks for the post. MB
2. erin | July 18th, 2008 at 3:45 pm
Would love to know where the sink is from- does anyone know where I might be able to find it?
3. bob | July 20th, 2008 at 11:58 am
its a Catalano Verso 25 i think
4. Melv | August 25th, 2008 at 10:06 am
nice choice of furnitures and materials
5. Peter | August 25th, 2008 at 4:30 pm
Is there a washroom, and a floor plan for this unique cabin?
6. Ryan G | August 27th, 2008 at 1:30 am
It looks fantastic, but I bet it has greatly devalued the neighbouring huts. It’s unbelievable how much some of these beach huts sell for. One in Hove (East Sussex) last year went for £30,000!
7. Alfie Goodrich | September 8th, 2008 at 3:42 am
Beautiful. I used to spend a lot of time at Whitstable when I was a kid.
MayBeth: not sure ‘added’ would be right for the shingles, this hut - if I remember the row of huts rightly from my youth - would be directly on the beach.
8. Sheila Bonnell | June 7th, 2009 at 7:23 am
Great! Where can I get the wooden chair shown beside the
wood stove as an outside scaled-down alternative to the Adirondack
chair??????
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