Cowshed House

Multi-award winner - Cowshed House by Carter Williamson

Sydney  Australia  –  Carter Williamson Architects Year built:     2012 Photography:     Brett Boardman By old world standards, Sydney is a young city. The suburb of Glebe was developed in the mid-19th century. It’s an area of mostly small lots, terrace and semi-detached homes interspersed with the occasional mansion. Somewhere in the midst […]

Leachachan Barn

Once a barn - now a vacation home

Loch Duich, Scotland – Rural Design Architects Built area: 120m2 Completion: 2011 Photography: Nigel Rigden Leachachan Barn, once used as a byre for working horses, sits on the southern shores of Loch Duich looking out at the Five Sisters of Kintail. The barn has been redesigned and transformed into a modern house while retaining the original […]

Wolzak – Farmhouse Reclaimation

Integrate and recycle everything

Zutphen  Netherlands  –  SeARCH Architecture and Urban Planning Built area:     500 m2  (5,400 sq. ft.) Year built:     2004 Awards:     Achterhoek Architecture Prize 2005 Photography:    SeARCH and Christian Richters The Challenge: To retain the historical and spatial qualities of an old farmyard – complete with the outbuildings – while redeveloping into […]

The Wilsondale Project

Archia Homes - Wilsondale

Dover Massachusetts  USA  –  Archia Homes When we posted some images of this home’s kitchen recently, you gave it a big ‘thumbs up’.  The kitchen is a part of a substantial renovation to a farmhouse built in 1860. Both the kitchen and the overall project have won multiple awards.   The kitchen also collecting the Chrysalis 2012 National […]