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Hunting Lodge LÍSEK

The original hunting lodge was beyond saving. Its condition was so poor that renovation no longer made sense, so we built a new recreational lodge on the same footprint instead. It follows the original outline of the house, but works in a completely contemporary way. Not as a romantic copy of what used to stand here, but as a new place for gathering, cooking, drinking and staying over with friends. A lodge designed for shared time. With a generous kitchen, an open-plan interior and an upper floor where you can even sleep in a net.

The same archetype, reworked

The exterior is based on a simple gabled form, allowing the new lodge to connect naturally to the original building that once stood here. We were not interested in inventing a striking gesture for the sake of it. The aim was to create a clean, straightforward house that feels right in the landscape and right in its context. The facade is clad in black-stained timber boards, while the metal roof uses a concealed gutter to keep the volume crisp and visually clean. Circular windows placed in both gable ends give the house a distinct identity and create some of the strongest moments inside.

View of the Hunting Lodge Lísek by OOOOX from the garden — black timber facade with a metal gabled roof, canopy over the glazed frontage, with stacked firewood logs and surrounding nature in the foreground

Side view of the gable end of the Hunting Lodge Lísek with its circular window — timber deck, brick pillar, string lights under the roof canopy, folding garden chairs and black entrance door

Timber deck of the Hunting Lodge Lísek — two folding garden chairs and a barrel table on the terrace, industrial wall lamp on the black facade, pine forest in the background

View of the Hunting Lodge Lísek from the courtyard — black timber facade with gabled roof and circular window in the gable, canopy with string lights, large glazed windows and cobblestone paving

An open interior made for cooking and long evenings

Inside, the hunting lodge is conceived as one open living space. At its centre is a large kitchen with an island, a beer tap and enough room for cooking together and stretching the evening well beyond dinner. Next to it sit the fireplace and the staircase to the upper floor, so everything important happens within one clear, generous space without unnecessary subdivision. The material palette combines white-painted brick, solid wood, metal, copper in the kitchen and small-format black tiles. The result is an interior that feels raw and durable, but still warm enough for everyday use

View across the full living space of the Hunting Lodge Lísek from the island — bench beside the white-painted brick wall, bar stools, staircase, copper elements, large sliding doors to the garden with trees in the background

Overhead view of the kitchen unit in the Hunting Lodge Lísek — timber cabinet fronts, black small-format tile splashback behind the sink, hanging steel rail with wooden boards and kitchen utensils, copper pans and black extractor hood

Overall view of the ground floor of the Hunting Lodge Lísek — timber staircase with black metal rail, kitchen island with bar stools, kitchen unit in the background, timber ceiling and view up to the upper floor with suspended net

Detail of the kitchen unit in the Hunting Lodge Lísek — timber fronts of upper and lower cabinets, black small-format tiles as splashback behind the sink, black worktop and live-edge wooden cutting board

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Coffee nook beside the staircase in the Hunting Lodge Lísek — wooden cupboards with espresso machine on a black worktop, built-in shelving with decorative objects, staircase with metal rail on the right

Full view of the open-plan interior of the Hunting Lodge Lísek through fully open sliding doors — kitchen island with stainless steel top and copper beer tap, staircase, kitchen unit, cobblestone paving outside

View from under the roof overhang of the Hunting Lodge Lísek at the transition between exterior and interior — cobblestone paving, smooth ceiling soffit, view through the glazed doors into the ground floor with staircase

View of the living area of the Hunting Lodge Lísek — full-height timber cupboard, compound bow on the white-painted brick wall, large sliding glass doors to the garden, suspended net on the upper floor above and exposed pipe below the timber ceiling

Close-up detail of the white-painted exposed brick wall of the Hunting Lodge Lísek showing the surface texture and three vintage porcelain toggle switches

View through the upper-floor corridor of the Hunting Lodge Lísek toward the bathroom — white timber wall cladding, circular window and stone basin in the background, industrial wall lamps flanking the doorway

A net instead of a floor

The upper floor is not a conventional sleeping zone with corridors and closed rooms. In one part, a suspended net replaces the floor. During the day it works as a play area for children; at night it becomes an extra place to sleep for friends who are no longer too concerned about finding a proper bed. It is not an added gimmick, but a natural part of how the lodge works. The upper floor also includes separate bathrooms for men and women, distinguished simply through black and white. A straightforward solution that fits both the character of the house and the way life unfolds here.

Upper floor of the Hunting Lodge Lísek — suspended net as a floor above the ground level, circular window with views to nature, exposed timber roof beams and built-in wooden shelf under the window

Shared upper-floor bathroom of the Hunting Lodge Lísek — symmetrical layout with shared basin in the centre below the circular window, men's WC with black tiles on the left, women's with white tiles on the right, frosted glass sliding doors

Enclosed staircase of the Hunting Lodge Lísek — solid timber treads, smooth white walls and a row of recessed wall lights leading up to the upper floor with white-painted exposed brickwork

We love renovations. This one simply was not one of them.

We are drawn to renovations because old houses carry a quality that new buildings cannot fake. We like preserving what is still worth preserving, finding value in original structures and adding a contemporary layer without erasing what made the place special in the first place. At the same time, we know that not every building should be saved at any cost. Sometimes the existing structure no longer has the technical or economic potential to justify renovation. And in those cases, starting over is the better answer. That was exactly the case here. You can read more about how we think about these decisions in our House Renovation article, and explore more projects in our Renovations section.

Original condition of the Hunting Lodge Lísek, which could not be preserved | OOOOX

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by Radka - 30. 3. 2026