Designed as a secluded oasis within a relatively dense suburban fabric in Täby, just north of Stockholm, JL House places a lush, carefully composed garden at the heart of the project. Enveloped by mature trees and tall hedges, the villa reads as a crisp, graphical composition in which architecture and landscape are tightly interwoven.
The ground floor is conceived as an open, flowing plane where generous glass partitions dissolve the boundary between interior and exterior, allowing daily life to spill out toward the garden. Above the hedge line, the upper storey appears as a quieter, more private volume. Here, integrated blinds provide both visual privacy and shade, giving the façade a subtly dynamic expression as the house shifts between open and closed states throughout the day.
Arrival is choreographed through a sequence of compression and release. A deliberately low, almost understated entrance leads directly into a dramatic stair atrium, its full-height ceiling framing a sky view animated by sculptural pendant lighting. On the entrance level, the plan is stretched between two garden features at opposite ends of the house — a rock garden on one side and a reflecting pond on the other — both visible along a continuous sightline through the interior.
The upper floor maintains the same sense of openness and connection, with floor-to-ceiling sliding doors that, when fully retracted, create an unobstructed line of sight across the entire level. Throughout, the material palette is elegant and timeless, calibrated to reinforce the clarity of the architectural idea. Externally, twig-free pine, plaster, metal cladding and slate brick are composed into a refined yet resilient envelope. Inside, elm wood, chalk paint, limestone and marble form a layered, tactile backdrop, anchored by a fireplace crowned with a black iron hood. As in all Studio RAM projects, every piece of joinery and stonework is bespoke, designed specifically for JL House to create a cohesive, finely tuned whole
