Fultonville Barn and Home
Fultonville TX USA – Heritage Barns Two 19th century English framed barns have been resurrected as this home and party-come-guest barn. The home has been finished to a more conventional standard than the guest barn, having plasterboard finished walls and polished timber floors. The barn is much more rustic with it’s polished concrete flooring and […]
Montana Mountain Retreat
Montana, USA – Heritage Barns Heritage Restorations has built a business specializing in the sourcing, relocating and restoration of old barns. As you can see in this album, the results can be quite spectacular. These old barns often have the best quality timber frames made from old growth trees. With beautiful restorations like this, we should […]
A French Resurrection
London, England – Blee Halligan Architects Photography: Sarah Blee In 1981, Londoners Anthony and Gillian Blee purchased the ultimate fixer-upper. The property in southwestern France was idyllic, but its old mill, built in 1822, and three flanking outbuildings had fallen into terrible disrepair. “We really wanted to capture the ruinous quality of this old building […]
A Barn Conversion and Extension
Lesponne, France – PPA Built area: 70 sqm Year built: 2010 Photography: Philippe Ruault A vacation home that started as a barn conversion in a verdant valley of the Adour de Lesponne river, in the mountainous region of the Hautes-Pyrénées. But as lovely as it was, it lacked light and […]
From grain silo to a comfortable home…
Phoenix, Arizona – Christoph Kaiser LLC Year Built: 2014 Total Livable Space: 340 sq. ft. Photography: Mark Lipczynski While driving through Kansas, architect Christoph Kaiser noticed a dismantled, 1955 era grain silo. A short conversation with the farmer owner and the bits and pieces has a new owner, and soon, a […]
From Warehouse to Courtyard Home
Light industrial suburb – Toronto CA Studio Junction Photography: Rob Fiocca Peter Tan and Christine Ho Ping of architectural and design firm, Studio Junction, transformed an old contractor’s warehouse into a home and studio for themselves and their children. With nothing externally to view, they turned the focus of the house inwards, structuring the various areas […]
Etica Recycled
Bedford, WA – Etica Studio Year: 2013 Size: 145 sqm Builder: CGM Living Photography: Meghan Plowman When new is old and old is new! This home looks as though it was constructed at the same time as the surrounding neighbourhood but is actually a new build. The home references the nearby buildings and the client’s desire […]
Recycled Colorado Cabin
Sangre de Christo Mountains Colorado – Source: Timber Home Living At an elevation of 2,750 metres (9,000 ft), this isn’t a climate for the faint hearted. But the spectacular views and 10 hectare (40 acre) homesite proved irresistible to the Winograds. With the help of local craftsmen they sourced timber from a demolished tyre factory and a dairy […]
Back to the Farm at Storrs Road
Peachester Queensland Australia – Tim Stewart Architects This award winning home is a new start on a long held property. Careers are drawing to a close, the children have all left the nest and quieter times are beckoning the owners. Here are the architects notes: “The 18 hectare site has had a life that has […]
Big, Bold, New and Old
Jackson Hole Wyoming USA – Atelier One Year Built: 2010 Built Area: Substantial! Not everyone wants or can afford a home of this size. However, it is refreshing to see such a substantial home using so much reclaimed timber. In fact, despite it’s substantial size, the use of reclaimed timber, wood […]