The holiday home, located right on the shore of the Baltic Sea, is made up of three interconnected pieces. In the course of designing the structure, the names of all three developed organically into the Winter House, the Glass Gallery and the Stone House with the Philosopher’s Gallery. Two historic buildings from the beginning of the last century (1913) have been integrated in the form of modern architecture, built from beautiful boulders in the style of the historic seaside building. Both volumes have been enlarged with a concrete column structure, large glass window planes, and both buildings are linked by a glass gallery. Natural and region-specific materials – wood, stone and natural sand plaster – has been used in the interior. The interior of the volume was designed so discreetly in order to respect the surrounding nature, which is an integral part of this interior. The premises feature oak plate floorboards which are typical of the region and a seamless, 7.5 meters long solid oak wood table which was created in Latvia specifically for this project by using ancient artisan woodworking techniques. The living room tea table is made of a unique “black-oak” – an oak that has laid at the bottom of the seabed of the river Daugava for over a thousand years. The oak’s total age is 1400 years. The most significant feature both in architecture and especially in the interior, alongside the historical and contemporary details and finishes, is the various lighting scenarious