A Tiny Cabin in Finland Is a Creative Temple for Its Filmmaker Owner

As if the views over Lake Porovesi in central Finland weren’t inspiration enough, this shingle-clad workspace is a world unto itself, providing its filmmaker owner with a “private place for appreciating cinema,” says architect Teemu Pirinen of Helsinki firm Pirenen Salo Oy.

Beyond its gable form, the hut rejects conventions of Nordic architecture, instead drawing influence from “imaginary universes of adventure movies from the ’80s,” says Pirinen, who pursued baroque and mystical themes to achieve a departure from reality. “Movies are all about creating illusions.”