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.