This freshly revamped A-frame home combines eco-credentials with minimalist design in the village of Chiemgau, between Chiemsee Lake and Salzburg.
Architect Thomas Ziesel overhauled the 1970s structure, giving it a blackened exterior and a new timber cube which houses the entrance. Dubbed Solarferienhaus S3 for its solar panelled roof, the Austrian holiday home creates enough surplus energy to charge an electric car.
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Photography: Thomas Ziesel
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Photography: Thomas Ziesel
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Photography: Thomas Ziesel
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Photography: Thomas Ziesel
The living room and kitchen occupy the majority of the eco-home, which is available to rent via Holiday Architecture from €1,960 per week.
This ample white-washed space sits beneath the A-frame’s pointed roof, with pale wooden floors and clay building boards that conserve heat in winter and cools rooms in summer. It opens out to a wooden deck with views of the Chiemsee Alps in the distance.
A bedroom can also be found on this level, with a second sleeping loft located up a ladder from the kitchen.
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