Deep in the northern chill of Iceland, just outside the arctic circle, the Hof House sits snugly within its landscape. Built on an existing estate, Studio Granada Architects salvaged whatever materials possible from the site to be incorporated into the new residence, converting telegraph poles into a sun screen and basalt pillars into stepping stones. Even the grass on the green roof came from local site leftovers after clearing way for its foundation. Designed for the extreme weather conditions of the Skagafjörður Fjord, the Hof House relies on passive solar design, geothermal heating, and some pretty hefty concrete walls.
坐落于冰島北部丘陵深處，瀕臨北極圈，Hof House 與周圍的環境愜意的融合在一起。在原有房址的基礎上，Studio Granada Architects 盡可能的采用了遺留的建筑材料，并將其融入到新的設計當中。將玄武巖柱做成了臺階。甚至于屋頂的草坪也是為其建造地基時遺留下來的。為應對Skagafjörður Fjord極其惡劣的天氣狀況，特別為Hof House設計了被動太陽能，地熱供暖，和厚重的水泥墻。

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