On an Architect's Bucket List: To Live in a Barn
Barns are all about simple, big
shapes and are all the better when painted bright red. With big doors
that slide left and right, a barn, like Noah's Ark, is a welcome place
of refuge.
by Blackburn Architects, PC
Like a giant lantern, this barn glows at night, illuminating the fields and beckoning all to come on over.
by Blackburn Architects, PC
Interior living spaces in a barn are big, too. The scale of the room suits the scale of the fields and streams outside.
by Blackburn Architects, PC 
A barn's stone base and foundation roots it to the land so it becomes an integral part of the landscape.
by Blackburn Architects, PC
A large, strong and simple form
set on a stone base: all features of an old barn. But rather than
being painted red to stand out in the open field, the exterior of this
barn is left raw and weathered to blend with the surrounding trees.
by Birdseye Design
And this barn has an interior
that gives us that sense of the handmade, the crafted. Rough-hewn posts
and beams make up the structure while floors and cabinetry are all
filled with character.
by Birdseye Design
And what's a barn without its
companion silo? The barn, all horizontal and relaxed while the silo, all
vertical and on guard, are — like Venus and Mars, Yin and Yang, peanut
butter and jelly – contrasting structures that complement each other.
by Specht Harpman
While a renovated barn's
interior is typically vast and spacious, it doesn't have to be all rough
wood and traditional styling. Polished surfaces and modern,
machine-age materials can complement a barn's inherent rustic qualities.
by Specht Harpman
Of course, some salvaged wood flooring in an earth tone can soften up all those shiny, modern surfaces.
by Specht Harpman
It's great that we still build barns and they still look they way they should.
by Richard Taylor Architects
While more often than not a barn is an object in a field, these barns act as a gateway to the site and what lies beyond.
by Battle Associates, Architects
