© Weiqi Jin
From the beginning of time, human beings have gathered around the fire. The first settlements and huts included in their interior a small bonfire to cook and maintain the heat of its inhabitants. This tradition has continued to the present, and chimneys and fireplaces have developed into the most varied designs and forms, providing possibilities both inside and outside a home.
To give you ideas for materials, structures, and spatial configurations, we present 35 remarkable meeting places around the fire.
Refugi Lieptgas / Georg Nickisch + Selina Walder
© Ralph Feiner
krakani lumi / Taylor and Hinds Architects
© Adam Gibson
Lake Cottage / UUfie
© Naho Kubota
LANDHAUS / Thomas Kröger Architekt
© Thomas Heimann
Squish Studio / Saunders Architecture
© Bent René Synnevåg
Atrium House / Tham & Videgård Arkitekter
© Åke E- son Lindman
The Hill House / David Coleman
© Lara Swimmer
House in Brissago / Wespi de Meuron Romeo architects
© Hannes Henz
One Column House / NE-AR
© Mike Mercau
Kettukallio / Playa Architects
© Tuomas Uusheimo
EDUT / Dank Architectes
© Kevin Buy
Back Country House / LTD Architectural Design Studio
© Jo Smith
Villa Ensemble / AFGH
© Valentin Jeck
Timber House / KÜHNLEIN Architektu
Cortesía de KÜHNLEIN Architektur
Shokan House / Jay Bargmann
© Brad Feinknopf
House W / HPSA
© Dietmar Hammerschmid
Alto San Francisco House / CAW Arquitectos
© Nico Saieh
Cabin Norderhov / Atelier Oslo
© Lars Petter Pettersen
100 Norfolk Street / ODA
Cortesía de ODA
Park Lane House / Kennedy Nolan Architects
© Derek Swalwell
The Chimney House / Onix
Cortesía de onix
The Midden Garden Pavilion / Metropolis Design
© Wieland Gleich
Mountain House / Studio Razavi architecture
© Olivier Martin Gambier
Island Houses / Tham & Videgård Arkitekter
Cortesía de Tham & Videgård Arkitekter
Union Wharf / Nicholas Szczepaniak Architects
© Nicholas Worley
House ACP / Candida Tabet Arquitetura
© Fran Parente
Walker + Simunic Residence / JaK Studio
© Francesco Russo
BVLE House / Live Incorporadora
© Marcelo Donadussi
Casa Alta / AS/D Asociacion de Diseño
© Rafael Gamo
House W / 01Arq
© Mauricio Fuertes
Around Fireplace / Ruetemple
Cortesía de Ruetemple
House CM / Además arquitectura
© Gonzalo Viramonte
House in Akashi / arbol
© Yasunori Shimomura
L’And Vineyards Hotel / PROMONTORIO + Studio MK27 – Marcio Kogan
© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG
B Garden / 3andwich Design / He Wei Studio
© Weiqi Jin