Nov 16, 2022
"You come to me on the day my acquaintance is to be married, and ask to take a picture. You don't ask with respect, you don't even think to call me Satan's Favorite Stripper, and you ask me for a picture.. for free."
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"You come to me on the day my acquaintance is to be married, and ask to take a picture. You don't ask with respect, you don't even think to call me Satan's Favorite Stripper, and you ask me for a picture.. for free."
Zinfandel / Field Architecture
images by Joe Fletcher
I share this because the style presented is a slight modernization of a form commonly seen in equine (and agricultural) architecture. From my standpoint, the design of equestrian facilities hasn’t evolved much while most other typologies in the built environment have been forcibly changed many times over, especially in the last 30 years.
I like seeing barns built with contemporary influence. The floor plan of the barn has evolved even less than the facade since layouts often reflect the need for a functional and efficient space. It almost seems right that the simplicity of the interior space should be reflected in the exterior; strip away the ornament and the gaudiness, and focus on the essentials.
Completed in 2019 in Pullenvale, Australia. Images by Andy Macpherson Studio. This residence was designed to be a rural weekend getaway for
The owners of this home wanted a rural retreat and they got one for sure.
The story behind Switzerland's award-winning project Villa Vals and how the project came to be with all of its structural and environmental
I have earlier covered this project. Villa Vals in Switzerland is perfect for its location.
"The overall transitional journey of the villa takes visitors from an authentic, primitive barn to a contemporary unobscured, and welcoming house. The architect transformed the barn into the villa’s entrance, leaving its walls, floor, and ceiling in its original state. The contemporary intervention begins with the completely-bare concrete tunnel that leads to the new house, perforated with skylight openings that bring in natural light. At the end of the tunnel, a concave glass facade opens up to the surrounding landscape, framing Vals’ scenery yet harboring the visitors with local quartzite stone. As for the interior, the architect delicately composed the circulation and bedroom placement to make sure every room received its fair share of natural light and panoramic views."
Completed in 2021 in , Argentina. Images by Ramiro Sosa .
“ The project proposes a versatile space that allows incorporating different uses according to the necessities for a family on a piece of land adjoining their house. We think of a visible modulated structure that makes it possible to divide sectors according to convenience. We use W profiles and thermo-insulating panels with two sheet metal faces and injected rigid polyurethane foam between them and hermetic openings with double glazing”
Completed in 2019 in Villa Serrana, Uruguay. Images by Marcos Guiponi. The project is located in Villa Serrana, in rugged terrain and far from the most qualified areas of urbanization and therefore with precarious...
“ In this sense, it was decided to use a language inspired by the typology of the "barn" or cabin-refuge, with a rectangular layout and sloping roofs that favor amplitude in the interior spatiality while occupying an ideal function for the runoff and collection of rainwater. To incorporate the housing program, it was decided to opt for a simple floor plan based on symmetrical organization barely distorted by the interior distributions of the ends. The central space, pass through and is fully connected in its longitudinal faces with the outside by two large sliding windows, corresponds to the social space that is contained in the transversal sense by two programmatic "parentheses" that house different facilities of the kitchen and living room. Behind these, at the ends of the assemblage, are located the rooms and the bathroom”
Completed in 2020 in Argentina. Images by Arq. Luis Abba. The client's request was to build a barn-like shelter situated on an arid place in the foothills of the Andes Mountains. Following this idea, on...
A very unique setting for a lovely barn style home.
Completed in 2021 in Onesse-Laharie, France. Images by Sarah Arnould. In the Landes, southwestern region of France, within an “airial”, a large airy plot whose typology and name are specific to the department, this...
As a lover of farms and farmsteads, I find “Barn Architecture” to be practical and positive. Here is a lovely new take on this from France.
“ his wooden frame house welcomes a vertical cladding with black wood joint covers and natural eaves. It is a construction that intends to respect the characteristics of the airial by borrowing the aesthetics of barns and other agricultural buildings originally built on those large grassed areas. “