More Than a House - An Experiment in Transformation traces the transformation of a 1995 timber warehouse in Østbirk into LKR Innovation House – a contemporary workplace for research, development and collaboration within the VELUX Group.
Originally conceived as an experiment in untreated wood, the halls were built to test whether responsibly sourced timber, carefully detailed and constructively protected, could endure. Over three decades, the structures weathered, settled and proved their resilience.
Rather than demolish and rebuild, the project chose to continue the experiment. The existing volume was opened, courtyards cut into the deep plan, daylight drawn inward. Timber structures, concrete floors and façade modules were dismantled, adapted and reused, allowing the building’s past to remain present in its renewed form.
Through essays, interviews and photographic documentation, the book explores transformation as continuity, as a way of working with what already exists. LKR Innovation House emerges as more than a house: an experiment extended across time, shaped by structure, light and everyday use.
Authors: Joseph G. Allen, Mikkel Bahr, Lone Feifer, Ambra Guglietti, Mads Bjørn Hansen, Marie-Louise Høstbo, Karsten Ifversen, Lars Kann-Rasmussen, Heidi Merrild, Tina Mayn, Kasper Mose, Siobhan Rockcastle, Troels Thorbjørnson, Mette Tony, Birthe Urup
Language: English
Pages: 234
Format: 23×30 cm, hardcover
Publication date: April 22, 2026
Designer: Hans Munk
ISBN: 978-87-7407-715-2
More Than a House - An Experiment in Transformation traces the transformation of a 1995 timber warehouse in Østbirk into LKR Innovation House – a contemporary workplace for research, development and collaboration within the VELUX Group.
Originally conceived as an experiment in untreated wood, the halls were built to test whether responsibly sourced timber, carefully detailed and constructively protected, could endure. Over three decades, the structures weathered, settled and proved their resilience.
Rather than demolish and rebuild, the project chose to continue the experiment. The existing volume was opened, courtyards cut into the deep plan, daylight drawn inward. Timber structures, concrete floors and façade modules were dismantled, adapted and reused, allowing the building’s past to remain present in its renewed form.
Through essays, interviews and photographic documentation, the book explores transformation as continuity, as a way of working with what already exists. LKR Innovation House emerges as more than a house: an experiment extended across time, shaped by structure, light and everyday use.
Authors: Joseph G. Allen, Mikkel Bahr, Lone Feifer, Ambra Guglietti, Mads Bjørn Hansen, Marie-Louise Høstbo, Karsten Ifversen, Lars Kann-Rasmussen, Heidi Merrild, Tina Mayn, Kasper Mose, Siobhan Rockcastle, Troels Thorbjørnson, Mette Tony, Birthe Urup
Language: English
Pages: 234
Format: 23×30 cm, hardcover
Publication date: April 22, 2026
Designer: Hans Munk
ISBN: 978-87-7407-715-2
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