6th door
This is the house of Santa Claus… and Father Christmas lives next door.

Can you imagine anyone who hasn’t tried to draw “Santa’s House”, an old German drawing game for small children, where you have to draw a house in one line, without lifting the pencil and without drawing a line twice? Mathematically speaking, there are 88 possibilities to do this. But if you start at one of the top three points, you won’t have a solution by Christmas. Why this is the case was discovered by mathematician Leonhard Euler in the 18th century with his graph theory when he tried to solve the “Königsberg Bridge Problem”… If you want to find out all the details, you can now google your way through the mathematical spheres, while everyone else can take a tour of the HOLIDAYARCHITECTURE Santa Claus houses. And those of Father Christmas right next door. Hohoho.

Holiday home

Mosel Chalets

The Moselle Chalets in Pommern, one of the oldest wine-growing villages on the Moselle, appeal not only to wine lovers but also to people with an interest in modern architecture.

House // Hotel

Peterhof

The Peterhof in Vorarlberg has always been a place of community. A home. With a long history and lots of memories. With its modern chalets, the old-established alpine inn on the Alpe Furx has been adding a new chapter with a formal link to contemporary zeitgeist.

House

The Shingle House

The Shingle House is set in a dramatic, almost surreal landscape: It is located on the vast gravel beach of Dungeness, a stoný desert with rare plants and animal species.

House

Waldchalets Brandnertal

Far from the chalet cliché. Five minimalist cottages stand on the edge of the Brandner Valley forest. Hidden under the Vorarlberg treetops and with an open view of the mighty Rätikon mountains.

Apartment

Tilia Authentic Home

Weathered timbered cladding, historical beams, reused bricks – the Tilia Authentic Home in the river landscape of the Vistula Delta has not been built on, but rather with the traces of history.

Holiday home

Zumthor Ferienhäuser

In the mountains above Vals in Grisons,at an altitude of 1500 metres, architect Peter Zumthor has built three wooden houses that integrate perfectly into the hamlet of old-black wooden buildings.

By the way, the sixth door of our advent calendar belongs to this house on HOLIDAYARCHITECTURE:

Holidayarchitecture door for 6 December

Holiday home

Schedlberg

Masterful “patchwork” in the Bavarian Forest! Architect Peter Haimerl is both a preservationist and an innovator. His buildings – many of which have won awards – such as the Blaibach Concert Hall are idiosyncratic, strong in character and venture beyond conventional architecture.

So, this is Christmas… again! Throughout Advent, the Urlaubsarchitektur team will be presenting daily gift tips, stories and inspiration for architects, travel enthusiasts and for Christmas grinches, too!