The entire concept was inspired by a photo­graph sent to studio founder Hayri Atak. Thrilled by the photo a friend took during her vaca­tion to Norway, Atak sought to capture the adre­na­line pumping scene into his archi­tec­ture. “Even though I wasn’t there, I expe­ri­enced the adre­na­line of being on the edge,” Atak said. “Then I dreamed of living on and beyond the edge. Simply, I just wanted to carry this expe­ri­ence beyond the edge and the idea of having this expe­ri­ence inspired me.”

Prei­ke­stolen attracts more than 300,000 visi­tors every year. You usually have to wait a long time to take a picture of the soli­tary crea­ture on the moun­tain plateau. For this reason alone it is hard to imagine that a hotel will ever be built here. It is, however, a lesson about the importance of emotions for archi­tec­ture. And it is a wonderful inspi­ra­tion and moti­va­tion for coura­geous ideas and designs.