An old Swedish barn has been transformed into a gorgeous low-impact greenhouse where people and plants thrive together in harmony. Located on the edge of Lake Vättern in southern Sweden, the Uppgrenna Nature House is a greenhouse, spa, and conference building that grows food sustainably with a closed-loop water recycling system.
Gothenburg studio Tailor Made Arkitekter designed the eco-friendly structure and modeled it after the Naturhus, an energy-efficient house-within-a-greenhouse concept developed by Swedish architect Bengt Warne.
The Uppgrenna Nature House blends contemporary design with traditional Swedish architecture. The building’s gabled shape, simple doors, and earthy red-painted cladding on the structure’s lower half evoke Swedish barns and houses, while the insulating glass shell atop and timber-lined interior design are of a more modern aesthetic.