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AKRI HOUSE
The open sea to the northwest of Antiparos, seen from the hillside above the site.

At the edge of Antiparos

Opening 2029

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The house is not here yet. The place is.

A house taking shape

On the edge of Antiparos, a house is slowly taking shape between rock, wind and sea. Akri House is being designed around the character of the land — the open horizon to the northwest, the calmer bay to the south and the stone already rooted in the site.

A wide view across the bay at Agios Georgios with turquoise shallows and dry hills.

Four forces

ROCK

The architecture begins with what is already here.

WIND

Shelter and movement shape every outdoor room.

SEA

A dramatic horizon and a quieter bay.

LIGHT

From clear mornings to the last light in the west.

Made for long tables and quiet corners.

The house is planned for family and friends: generous shared spaces, different zones for different times of day, outdoor rooms that follow the wind and the sun, and places to withdraw when the day has been long.

Rooms, capacity and layout are not decided.

The calmer bay to the south, deep blue water and low Cycladic buildings.

Drawn between two places

Akri House is our own house, created by Øystein Tynning and Johanne Taugbøl. Johanne is both co-owner and architect, working through Wood A+D in Oslo in close dialogue with React Architects in Greece. Together, the team is exploring how Nordic ideas about everyday life can meet Cycladic landscape, light, wind and building traditions.

Architecture in development — React Architects × Wood A+D

Wood Arkitektur & DesignReact ArchitectsMore about the collaboration
Johanne Taugbøl and Øystein Tynning on the rocky Akri House site at sunset, with the Aegean Sea behind them.
Johanne Taugbøl and Øystein Tynning on the site, Antiparos.

The journey

  1. 2025

    FIRST CONVERSATIONS

    Exploring the idea of a Greek–Nordic home and meeting possible local partners.

  2. 2026

    THE PLACE

    Surveying the land, documenting the views and beginning the first architectural conversations.

  3. 2027

    DESIGN & PERMITS

    Developing the design and working through the permitting process.

    Planned

  4. 2028

    BUILDING

    Construction on site, followed here season by season.

    Planned

  5. 2029

    AKRI HOUSE

    The first summer at the edge of Antiparos.

    Target

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Occasional notes from Antiparos — and first access when future stays are announced.