{"id":508145,"date":"2026-03-06T23:35:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T23:35:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/508145\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T23:35:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T23:35:16","slug":"johnston-marklee-positions-new-york-vipp-guesthouse-on-pond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/508145\/","title":{"rendered":"Johnston Marklee positions New York Vipp guesthouse on pond"},"content":{"rendered":"

Architecture studio Johnston Marklee<\/a> has included skylights in Vipp Pavilion in Upstate New York<\/a>, the first ground-up structure for Danish furniture brand Vipp<\/a> in the US.<\/p>\n

Vipp Pavilion was constructed on the shores of a pond in Lumberland, New York \u2013 two hours outside of the city.<\/p>\n

\"StuccoJohnston Marklee has completed a guesthouse for Vipp in Upstate New York. Photo by Pia Winther<\/p>\n

With a telescopic form that projects views over the water, the structure was designed to host visitors and showcase Vipp<\/a> furniture. It has a plan comprising two ellipses that, according to the team, reflect the outline of the adjacent pond.<\/p>\n

Covered in griege stucco \u2013 both ribbed and smooth \u2013 the 1,200-square-foot (111-square metre) structure sticks out against the forested backdrop of the site, while the edges blur into the background thanks to the green roofing designed by Larry Weaner Landscape Associates<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"StuccoThe exterior is clad in ribbed stucco. Photo by Eric Petschek<\/p>\n

According to Johnston Marklee<\/a> co-founder Sharon Johnston, the finished guest house resembles a “stone in a pond”.<\/p>\n

“At first glance, the building resembles a stone on the pond; initially solid, but slowly revealing its volumetric form on the approach,” said Johnston.<\/p>\n

Roughly rectangular in form, the structure features several semi-circular cutouts.<\/p>\n

\"RoomVipp Pavilion features two elliptical interior forms contained within a rectangular envelope. Photo by Eric Petschek<\/p>\n

In the side facing away from the lake, two tall portals bring guests into a semi-circular interior courtyard, with a floor covered in gravel. According to Vipp, this courtyard space was designed to draw attention upwards.<\/p>\n

The smooth wall of the internal courtyard has a wooden door topped by a small semi-circular eave.<\/p>\n

A wood-clad hallway leads into the main interior space, where the two interior elliptical forms meet. Bedrooms branch off from each side and have dual-aspect windows generated by further cutaways in the facade.<\/p>\n

\"VippVipp furniture fills the interior. Photo by Pia Winther<\/p>\n

Skylights bring additional light into the bedrooms and the single bathroom, which has walls painted a rich ochre colour. The bedrooms feature built-in Sapele wood casework with a shade that echoes the rich tones in the bathroom.<\/p>\n

Sliding doors that follow the elliptical curve of the main space separate the bedrooms for privacy.<\/p>\n

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The living area features a skylight above a freestanding anodised-aluminium V3 kitchen by Vipp, which has a ribbed body that references the ribbed stucco of the building’s exterior facade.<\/p>\n

It sits under a skylight and directs the flow of people into the room, which has one semicircular wall as it meets the bedrooms and entry and a rectangular aspect towards the lake.<\/p>\n

\"VippA window wall provides views past a terrace and out into the pond. Photo by Eric Petschek<\/p>\n

Light-coloured Vipp furniture fills in the space as it flows towards the floor-to-ceiling window wall. A set of Vipp Swivel Chairs surrounds a travertine table, set against the backdrop of the cream-coloured curtains that can be pulled across the window wall.<\/p>\n

Johnston Marklee and Vipp worked together to showcase the furniture, while taking advantage of the telescopic effect provided by the massive window that leads out onto a covered patio.<\/p>\n

\"VippThe guesthouse features a green roof. Photo by Eric Petschek<\/p>\n

“The abstract form doesn\u2019t prescribe one’s engagement with the space or interior furnishings, rather, each visitor will be able to shape their own experiences,” said Johnston.<\/p>\n

“It provides a retreat from the expected and a portal into nature.”<\/p>\n

It is one of fifteen Vipp guesthouses designed around the world and the first in the US. Others include the Cold Hawaii guesthouse by Hahn Lavsen<\/a> in Denmark and one in Todos Santos, Mexico by PPAA<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Project credits:\u00a0<\/p>\n

Architecture: Johnston Marklee
Project team: Sharon Johnston, Mark Lee, Nicholas Hofstede, Brian Lee, Lindsay Erickson, Anton Schneider, Miaojie Ted Zhang
Interior design: Vipp with Johnston Marklee
Landscape design: Larry Weaner Landscape Associates (LWLA)
Project team: Rebecca Kagle, Andrew Korzon, Marissa Angell
Green roof installation: Roof Meadow Service
General contractor: Rory McKean
Consultants: Laufs Engineering Design, Structural Engineer
Millwork and sliding doors: Wood Factory Sarl
Roof flashing:Marek Maultz
Exterior windows and doors: Duratherm<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Architecture studio Johnston Marklee has included skylights in Vipp Pavilion in Upstate New York, the first ground-up structure…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":508146,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[228,226,227,229,88,206555,230833,21335,64879,64880,24,140715],"class_list":{"0":"post-508145","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-arts","9":"tag-arts-and-design","10":"tag-artsanddesign","11":"tag-design","12":"tag-entertainment","13":"tag-guesthouses","14":"tag-johnston-marklee","15":"tag-new-york-state","16":"tag-sectionall","17":"tag-sectionarchitecture","18":"tag-usa","19":"tag-vipp"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508145","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=508145"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508145\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/508146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=508145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=508145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=508145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}