Designed by Swedish architect Inger Thede, Spacehouse at its heart is a study in light. Large windows frame the Himalayan landscape so completely that the seasons seem to live inside the house alongside you. The house sits within an acre of farm forest, its design shaped to disturb as little of the land as possible. Built from Himalayan red cedar, golden slate, lime walls, linen and wool, the interiors are quiet and grounding. Committing to the landscape and the resources that it takes shape from, Spacehouse shows unwavering attentiveness to place. Heated floors draw on solar energy; a solar-powered sauna keeps the body warm through winter and rain alike.
Four thoughtfully designed bedrooms, forest-framed verandahs, a study lounge, and a kitchen built for shared meals and long conversations compose a home that invites you to tune into your inner space. It’s almost as if the brief asked for a house that could think alongside you, and Inger Thede answered with walls that hold warmth, light that shifts with the hours, and a stillness that feels designed rather than accidental.
But Spacehouse is never quite finished, and that’s by design. As an artist retreat, the house carries the imprint of everyone who has stayed within its walls: a chair, a light fixture, a piece of wall art, each one made by hand by an artist in residence and left behind to become part of the home. Live installations sit alongside the architecture so naturally that it’s hard to say where the architect’s design ends and an artist’s contribution begins. The result is a house in continuous transformation: every new resident leaves a small piece of themselves behind, and Spacehouse simply makes room for it.
