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Västra Frölunda, Sweden
Based in Gothenburg, Ellsinger Arkitekter is run by Mikael and Fanny Ellsinger, a husband-and-wife team who balance experimental curiosity with hands-on pragmatism. Both trained as carpenters before qualifying in architecture, they value construction know-how as much as drafting skill. Their work is guided by a simple question: how little can a building touch the ground—physically and visually—while still shaping a rich interior life?
The studio’s houses and small public projects often perch on slender columns, tuck services into revealed ceilings, and use durable skins that mirror the coastal sky. Rooms shift from tight to generous, dark to bright, inviting occupants to notice time, weather, and season. Materials are left honest—aluminium, pine, cork—so maintenance stays low and eventual disassembly is possible. Each commission begins with a dialogue; an idea isn’t drawn, let alone built, unless both architects are convinced it serves the client and the site.
Ellsinger Arkitekter sees architecture as a temporary borrowing of land—meant to give more than it takes, and ready, if needed, to move on.
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