Hof is a country residence in Iceland, located less than 100km from the Arctic Circle. The structure on the estate included a house, church, barn and cowshed clustered on a riverbank. The wide building has a mountainous rim punctuated with long valleys.

The displaced grass of the field is reinstated on the roof and the surrounding meadow is cut and folded in earthworks of turf and stone that open ways to the entrance and terraces.

The house is highly insulated and thermally stable due to the massive concrete walls, stone floors and balanced fenestration. Geothermal water is used for the floor heating and radiators as well as for all domestic use. Electricity use is minimized by design and the little that is required is sourced from hydroelectric and geothermal sources.

The dogleg route between the living and bedroom wings where lighting and reduced to a few pinpricks.