Round Rooms With Large Picture Windows Create Remarkable Seating Spaces Inside This Modern Home

May 24, 2021
A modern house with a wood exterior, curved interior rooms, and river pebble flooring.
Photography by Jesper Ray and Lene K

Architect Jan Henrik Jansen has designed and built single-handedly a modern home in the bucolic Danish island of Møn.

Created as a peaceful family retreat, the home has a design composed of nine interlinked cylindrical volumes that have been constructed with timber frames and clad with narrow spruce branches, a waste product of the forestry industry.

A modern house with a curved cylindrical design, and a wood exterior made from narrow spruce branches.
Photography by Jesper Ray

Inside, each space is located within one of the cylinders, like the living room, which includes a large curved window seat, which also has a fireplace at one end.

A curved modern living room with a large window seat that also has a fireplace at one end.
Photography by Jesper Ray
A modern and expansive curved window seat.
Photography by Lene K

Another circular space is home to the dining room and kitchen. The white walls complement the painted board and batten wall cladding, which are included to provide a calm backdrop for the constantly changing textures and colors of the agricultural landscape seen through the windows.

In this modern dining room, the white walls complement the painted board and batten wall cladding, which are included to provide a calm backdrop for the constantly changing textures and colors of the agricultural landscape seen through the window.
Photography by Jesper Ray
In this modern dining room, the white walls complement the painted board and batten wall cladding, which are included to provide a calm backdrop for the constantly changing textures and colors of the agricultural landscape seen through the window.
Photography by Jesper Ray

Throughout the home, like in the kitchen, are river pebble floors, while the kitchen island adds a luxurious metallic accent.

This modern kitchen has river pebble floors, while the kitchen island adds a luxurious metallic accent.
Photography by Lene K

The home also has three bedrooms and two bathrooms.

A modern home with river pebble floors throughout.
Photography by Jesper Ray

In one of the bedrooms, a desk is positioned behind the headboard, while at the end of the is a picture window for unobstructed views.

In this curved bedroom, a desk is positioned behind the headboard, while at the end of the is a picture window for unobstructed views.
Photography by Jesper Ray and Lene K
In this curved bedroom, a desk is positioned behind the headboard, while at the end of the is a picture window for unobstructed views.
Photography by Lene K

Here’s the various diagrams of the home including the floor plan, section, site plan, and elevations.

A modern house with a wood exterior and curved rooms.
A modern house with a wood exterior and curved rooms.
A modern house with a wood exterior and curved rooms.
A modern house with a wood exterior and curved rooms.