Our client Hyde + Hyde have been featured in ArchDaily with their Saulė House project, which is driven by the client’s appreciation for nature and provides a sensitive response and seamless connections with its woodland setting.

Generous glazing allows social spaces to open out into the garden, while an overhanging canopy wraps around the home, defining the courtyard where seating surrounds a hearth and a corten steel chimney. With elements like these, the home seeks to celebrate the summer solstice rituals embedded within Latvian culture – a meaningful nod to the client’s heritage.

The hearth represents the history of spiritual ancestors and the warmth of ‘gathering around the fire’. On the summer solstice each year, a bespoke bronze staff – crafted into one of the structural supports – casts a shadow onto the hearth as a reminder of a day of celebration and symbolic marker of the Saulė, the Latvian word for sun and the home’s namesake.