Willoughby Design Barn — A Flexible Space
This reconstructed structure is home to a tractor and also used for design seminars, dinner parties, and more.
This barn is a lesson in flexibility and reuse. Its original timbers were salvaged, moved, and carefully reconstructed. The beams were left visible, and the barn was clad in corrugated copper with oversize sliding glass doors. The owner uses the barn not only to park the tractor but for design seminars and dinner parties as well. I photographed this project for The Farmhouse Book, and after the shoot, was able to pitch a tent for a peaceful evening …
Architects – http://www.eldo.us
Photography – http://www.kengutmaker.com
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Did you drill holes in the floor for the tent stakes? Would like to see the whole barn including the outside.
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