vipp’s newest lofoten guesthouse is designed like a norwegian fishing cabin on stilts

logg arkiteketer lands in norway

Along the northern coast of Norway, the Lofoten archipelago extends into the sea, looking outward to the peaks, fjords, and inlets shaped by ice and wind. On Storemolla island, Danish design brand Vipp has unveiled its latest guesthouse — a timber structure designed by LOGG ARKITEKTER that perches lightly atop an array of stilts above the shoreline.

Part of the new True North Lofoten Village, the cabin joins a series of contemporary lodgings masterplanned by Snøhetta, where architecture and landscape coexist in deliberate balance. The project gathers a small constellation of buildings by Norwegian studios, creating a community that rethinks how visitors engage with the region’s raw and exposed environment.

images courtesy Vipp

a timber vipp guesthouse on the norwegian coast

The Vipp guesthouse continues a lineage of simple wooden structures that once supported the fishing culture of Lofoten, Norway. For centuries, Storemolla’s skippers anchored their boats beside modest one-story rorbuer cottages raised on stilts above the tide. LOGG ARKITEKTER extends that vernacular logic with a structure that reads as both cabin and boathouse, resting on slender stilts anchored in the rock.

‘The intention was to dissolve the boundary between shelter and seascape,’ explains Diederik Advocaat Clausen of LOGG ARKITEKTER. ‘Each unit is a precise timber structure, designed with minimal expression and a strong directional focus toward the sea.’ The cabin’s weathered wood exterior and sharp geometry make it appear at once transient and in place — an architecture that respects the vastness of its setting.

Vipp opens a new guesthouse by LOGG ARKITEKTER on Norway’s Storemolla island

arctic hospitality in Lofoten

True North Lofoten Village emerged from a shared ambition to create a responsible model of Arctic hospitality. Snøhetta’s Kjetil Trædal Thorsen describes the challenge as one of quiet integration: ‘Working in a place as breathtaking and ecologically sensitive as Lofoten demands a meaningful response. True North Village honors the region’s heritage by engaging in dialogue with the landscape and the local community.’

This measured approach extends to the project’s rhythm of built and unbuilt space. Between each cabin, the terrain remains untouched — moss, stone, and seaweed forming the connective tissue of the village. The architecture, intentionally sparse, acts as an invitation to inhabit the environment rather than frame it.

For Vipp, the Lofoten guesthouse represents the thirteenth entry in its growing portfolio of bookable retreats. ‘Our palette of guesthouses explores different architectural typologies,’ says Kasper Egelund, CEO and third-generation owner. ‘The products remain constant, but the surroundings transform the experience. Lofoten stands as one of the most striking natural settings in the north.’

the project is part of True North Lofoten Village masterplanned by Snøhetta

the timber cabin stands on slender legs above rock formations extending into the sea

LOGG ARKITEKTER shapes the structure as a contemporary interpretation of fishermen cottages

large windows frame uninterrupted views of the shifting Arctic light and sea

project info:

name: Vipp Guesthouse

brand: Vipp | @vipp

cabin architect: LOGG ARKITEKTER | @loggarkitekter

masterplan architect: Snøhetta | @snohetta

location: Lofoten, Norway 

completion: October 2025

photography: © Vipp

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