Copperhill Villa - A Luxurious Ski Resort
07.05.2026The Arctic log of Kontio was selected as a building material for a luxury villa in Åreskut, Sweden. Log’s wellbeing-enhancing qualities and calming effects on the body and mind ...
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Read stories about modern wooden homes and contemporary log architecture from around the world.
A serene farm in the heart of Turkish nature
28.04.2026A serene farm in the heart of Turkish nature, only an hour and a half away from Istanbul, features four beautiful Kontio houses designed especially for weekend getaways.
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A modern log home in the Swiss Alps
26.04.2026In the heart of the Valais Alps, in a small village above the town of Sion, a contemporary log house project has come to life, the result of a shared vision between two ...
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Cliffhanger Chalet – A Story of Vision and Engineering
17.09.2025High above the alpine valley on Mount Washington, Canada, stands the Cliffhanger Chalet—a bold retreat built where few would dare. More than just a building, it is a place for ...
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A City Retreat in Poland
30.07.2020Have you ever dreamt of a having a peaceful retreat in the middle of a hectic, concrete, urban jungle? Our clients, a young family with two sons, built their own safe haven in a ...
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A Finnish Log House in a Slovak Style
10.03.2020Location: Dom Lomnica, Slovakia This house in Dom Lomnica, Tatra Slovakia, was a long term dream. Now, after working together with architect Lydia Janikova, the owner’s vision is ...
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A childhood dream of living in a beautiful log house comes true
09.03.2020Vincent, Celine and their two little daughters live in a contemporary Kontio SmartLog™ house in Valais, Switzerland. They dreamed of a log house in beautiful surroundings.
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A contemporary house, but not of concrete
27.02.2020Kristof and Yaelle are a neurosurgeon couple who wanted to build a contemporary and healthy house in Valais, Switzerland. They chose Kontio Log House as the manufacturer because ...
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Modern Island Villa Receives International Praise
25.02.2020Project Ö is a recently completed holiday home project in an archipelago located at the edge of a national park. The project was designed and realised by Aleksi Hautamäki and ...
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The Norwegian Dream of the Mountain Cabin
08.09.2019Turid and Øivind wanted to build a log cabin in the Norwegian mountains. Turid is an architect and already had the drawings for a cabin ready before she got in touch with Kontio. ...
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The warmth of log is unique
16.05.2019Vanessa, an interior decorator, and her carpenter husband love wood. For their forested land in the Belgian Ardennes, they opted for a 350 m2 wooden home of Kontio’s log. Two ...
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Building your dream in Switzerland
15.04.2019Living in the Valais region in Switzerland means living in a well-preserved environment, surrounded by high mountain tops, close to mountain lakes, and enjoying clean air ...
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A log house country village on the shores of Lake Istra
07.02.2019Families who like to spend time together dreamed of having a holiday village of their own. Their dream came true when Kontio constructed the village for them on the shores of Lake ...
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Worried about climate change? Choose a log house!
03.02.2019Kontio log buildings have a modest carbon footprint. Did you know that timber walls are a great way to keep carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere?
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A Design Hotel on the Arctic Circle
13.01.2019The Arctic TreeHouse Hotel in Rovaniemi, in the capital of the Finnish Lapland, provides an unique blend of luxury comfort in the heart of the Arctic nature, local Lappish ...
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Laura and Antti: “Feels like we’ve come home”
07.01.2019Laura and Antti Pöyskö have a peaceful feeling. The Pöyskö family have just moved in to their recently finished log home located by the sea in Oulu, in northern Finland. "This ...
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A wooden golf center and tourist resort in Japan
22.10.2018In Japan log houses are particularly popular because of their safety and structural resistance to earthquakes. Nidom Golf Center is located in Hokkaido, a location with ...
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Aurinkometsä - The Trendsetter
28.08.2018Early 2010 the Kontio Aurinkometsä (a forest of sun) was the first candidly modern log house. The house gave direction to the whole log building industry and it has been vastly ...
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Kivilahti — A Chic Scandinavian Log House
06.06.2018In the Kivistö area of Vantaa, South Finland, stands a brilliant dark log house, whose interior was inspired by the luxurious Copperhill villa in the Åreskuta mountain.
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