These renovated Modern Barn Houses, rooted in the past and decidedly in the current, accept their heritage, yet carry on a new twist. These obsolete barns, saved from destruction, have taken on new lives as luxury residences, cultural centres, and art studios. Taking a look at some of our favourite pastoral homes that mix the luxury of luxurious appliances with versatility.
1. Passive House and “Sauna Tower” Join a 19th-Century Barn in Hudson Valley, New York
These renovated barns, rooted in the past and decidedly in the current, accept their heritage, yet carry on a new twist. These obsolete barns, saved from destruction, have taken on new lives as luxury residences, cultural centres, and art studios. Taking a look at some of our favourite pastoral homes that mix the luxury of luxurious appliances with versatility.
Modern Barn Houses
This area, with its rope-railed walkway and enclosed shelter, is just one feature of BarlisWedlick Architects, a multifaceted architecture and design company designed for financial adviser Ian Hague.
2. Farmhouse Burkeldijk in West Flanders, Belgium
Outer walls, Gable glass roof, Timber flooring components, Style of House Design, and Material for Brick Siding. This magnificent property has an impressively rich background. The houses, built-in 1839, were seen as a castle, lookout post and detention house, although some of the property’s brick and concrete bunkers date back to WWI.
In order to turn cottage Burkeldijk into a new living room and a bed and breakfast hotel, the customers engaged the Govaert & Vanhoutte studio to keep the uniqueness of the site preserved and find a harmony between the two phases simultaneously.
Modern Barn Houses
3. A Converted Barn Stays True to its Historic Roots in Suffolk, England
While the lofty room that Hannah Smith and Jeremy Witt consider residence is a renovated barn, due to its broad dimensions, high roof, and cruciform plan, it’s not hard to picture it as a cathedral when you’re inside.
The property in a local estate, which was victim to a fire in the 1950s, David Nossiter Architects, had previously restored the customers’ townhouse in Colchester, Essex, converted the abandoned barn into a contemporary home.
4. An Early 1800s Barn Is Reborn As a Vacation Home in Pine Plains, New York
An early 1800s barn was restored by Architect Preston Scott Cohen as a country estate for a literary pair and their families, recalling both the agriculture-based splendour of the previous life of the building and the vernacular of its current purpose as a residence. Cohen created a beautiful building that is at once translucent and invisible, ordinary and unearthly, elevating all.
5. A Kubrick-Esque Farmhouse Kicks Its Fossil Fuel Habit in Poperinge, Belgium
In 2006, in Poperinge, a community in the Flanders province of Belgium, Dirk Wynants, director of the outdoor furniture company Extremis, bought a farmhouse in the 1850s. He invested a further seven years upgrading it while keeping within the strict conservation codes of the region.
6. A Danish Farmhouse Turned Contemporary Art Studio in Farum, Denmark
Just a couple of years ago, Lone and Søren Asmusson relocated to Posehuset Property, their country estate outside Copenhagen, hoping to use the room as a home-cum-art gallery. Even then, for some time, their musical endeavours extended within their home past the dedicated recording studio and artist workrooms and started to disrupt their living space.
The family relocated to the ranch next to their ranch house and, with the aid of the VELUX Collective in Denmark, transformed the original house into a studio for multifunctional designers.
7. The Former Barn Reborn As a Community Hub in Dover, Massachusetts
At Powisset Estate, a 106-acre tract of property that has been planted for some three generations, it’s all about creating the perfect balance of culture and innovation. The farm, formerly owned by Boston Brahmin Amelia Peabody, has become a prototype of the Community Funded Farming campaign, supplying fresh fruit and vegetables to more than 300 member families.
In 2014, the land management organisation Trustees of Reservations, that holds, concentrated on a renovation of its century-old barn, incorporating an aggregate-positive teaching kitchen and turning the lower floor into a root cellar. “It was a draughty New England farm with old timber floors, single-pane walls, and gates that didn’t lock properly,” recalls the team employed to recreate the structure of Boston’s ZeroEnergy Architecture.
8. A Modern Farmhouse Recalls Old-Time Americana Outside Springfield, Missouri
Stuff did not look good when Hannah and Paul Catlett first pulled up to a three-acre chunk of rolling hillside outside Springfield, Missouri. There stood a decaying old ranch-style house caving in on itself, and neither did the property looks like something remarkable. But that all shifted as the Catlett’s had seen the spectacular views of the Ozarks from the rear entrance.
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