The Pleasure and Duty of Living Well

Magdalena Wallhoff

Owner & Developer

Always wanted to be an architect (should have), but now is a self-taught “lay” architect and contractor. Has done numerous places that embody the pleasure and duty of life.

Splits time between Europe and USA, after working globally in food production.

Heavily influenced by Christopher Alexander. If you haven’t read his books, please begin with A Pattern Language.

Since 2010 we have been restoring abandoned and neglected homes and gardens for clients in Europe and North America. VALDE manages entire projects, from start to finish, from large concepts to handmade details.

Each place has its own “soul” and we approach each project with that idea. We therefore do not impose one style. The style is determined by what the place is, in relation to its context. Sometimes over the top. Sometimes humble.

We work closely with the client, but ultimately encourage them to adapt to place and neighbors, more than imposing their first ideas. It is through genuine relationship to place, to land, to region, to family, to individual, that the best places emerge, alive again from abandonment or neglect.

Two former projects are rentable (through other providers).
HEIDARVATN ISLANDIA
(Icelandic fly fishing lodge in a private valley)

RESALBERT CHALETS
(rough luxury in the Italian Alps)

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