Juvet Landscape Hotel, Gudbrandsdalsjuvet in north-western Norway

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Juvet Landscape Hotel is situated in the steep gorge Gudbrandsdalsjuvet in north-western Norway. The hotel is comprised of series of glass-and-wood boxes ( a total of 7 rooms) scattered across a mountainside, surrounding an old farmhouse at Alstad.

Juvet hotel is a result of some sort of high-modern architectural airdrop maneuver. Each stand-alone guest room has floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking beautiful, rugged terrain and nothing else. The effect: total immersion in nature. The architects (Jensen & Skodvin Architects) came up with the idea for a landscape hotel whilst designing the viewing platforms at the waterfall Fossejuvet close by.

The interiors, as well as the structure of the buildings is simple and minimalistic, meant to enhance and open up to the nature outside. The hotel is built in a way that does not make any major impacts on the surrounding nature.

Juvet landscape hotel was awarded the Travel+Leisure Design Award 2010 in the category ”The World’s Best Small Hotel”.

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+1 #2 Paula
2010-09-05 14:03
The overall effect is of a James Bond baddie's hideaway, although the owner describes the cube-like buildings as “creating a harmonious marriage where Nature and modern design bring out the best in each other... Definately worth seeing!
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+2 #1 Ljubo Chouchoulain
2010-05-21 16:28
Looks amazing!
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