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COAL architecture & interior design

Based in Cornwall, COAL architecture & interior design animates rural residential conversions and historic cottages by pairing rugged masonry, slate hanging, and exposed structural stone with deliberate, high-contrast graphic color accents. It serves as a clear reference when detailing vibrant framed apertures within weathered stone envelopes or navigating abrupt material transitions in agricultural outbuilding restorations.

Axonometric site diagram of Bowjy Coth by COAL architecture showing a rural cluster of stone and timber buildings arranged around courtyards.

Bowjy Coth

An axonometric site diagram presenting a vernacular rural cluster by COAL architecture, ideal for studying courtyard layouts and farmstead renovations.

What we like about this project
The complex interplay of secondary stone yard walls that subdivide the large plot into distinct functional zones.

Materials

  • stone
  • timber
  • slate-roof
  • terracotta-tile

Visual identifiers

  • axonometric-site-plan
  • stone-courtyard
  • rural-cluster
  • pitched-roofs

Style tags

  • vernacular
  • rural
  • contemporary-traditional

Visual tags

  • site-diagram
  • vernacular-cluster
  • rural
  • courtyard-typology
  • axonometric
Geometry
Axonometric site plan illustrating an informal cluster of gabled buildings and low stone boundary walls enclosing multiple interconnected courtyards.
Facade system
Coursed stone masonry and timber cladding with punched window openings.
Structural guess
Load-bearing masonry walls with timber roof trusses.
Spatial scale
Human-scaled domestic and agricultural cluster; low-rise single and two-story volumes.
Lighting
Flat, ambient studio lighting with minimal directional shadows, designed for clarity in plan-volume reading.
Atmosphere
Calm, analytical rendering of a traditional farmstead typology translated into modern residential use.
Environmental context
Rural site defined by dry-stone perimeter walls and a mature deciduous tree.
Spatial experience
Sequence moves from open rural approaches through walled yards into sheltered domestic and agricultural pavilions.
Composition rhythm
Asymmetrical scattering of gabled forms creating rhythmic transitions between open lawns and hardscaped yards.
Style reading
Contemporary vernacular rural assemblage
Program
Rural residential compound / farmstead conversion
Perspective
Drawing / Diagram
Discipline
architecture
Materials
stone, timber, slate-roof, terracotta-tile
Visual identifiers
axonometric-site-plan, stone-courtyard, rural-cluster, pitched-roofs
Style tags
vernacular, rural, contemporary-traditional
Visual tags
site-diagram, vernacular-cluster, rural, courtyard-typology, axonometric
Geometry
Axonometric site plan illustrating an informal cluster of gabled buildings and low stone boundary walls enclosing multiple interconnected courtyards.
Facade system
Coursed stone masonry and timber cladding with punched window openings.
Structural guess
Load-bearing masonry walls with timber roof trusses.
Spatial scale
Human-scaled domestic and agricultural cluster; low-rise single and two-story volumes.
Lighting
Flat, ambient studio lighting with minimal directional shadows, designed for clarity in plan-volume reading.
Atmosphere
Calm, analytical rendering of a traditional farmstead typology translated into modern residential use.
Environmental context
Rural site defined by dry-stone perimeter walls and a mature deciduous tree.
Spatial experience
Sequence moves from open rural approaches through walled yards into sheltered domestic and agricultural pavilions.
Composition rhythm
Asymmetrical scattering of gabled forms creating rhythmic transitions between open lawns and hardscaped yards.
Style reading
Contemporary vernacular rural assemblage
Program
Rural residential compound / farmstead conversion
Perspective
Drawing / Diagram
Discipline
architecture

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Axonometric site diagram of Bowjy Coth by COAL architecture showing a rural cluster of stone and timber buildings arranged around courtyards.

Bowjy Coth

An axonometric site diagram presenting a vernacular rural cluster by COAL architecture, ideal for studying courtyard layouts and farmstead renovations.

What we like about this project
The complex interplay of secondary stone yard walls that subdivide the large plot into distinct functional zones.

Materials

  • stone
  • timber
  • slate-roof
  • terracotta-tile

Visual identifiers

  • axonometric-site-plan
  • stone-courtyard
  • rural-cluster
  • pitched-roofs

Style tags

  • vernacular
  • rural
  • contemporary-traditional

Visual tags

  • site-diagram
  • vernacular-cluster
  • rural
  • courtyard-typology
  • axonometric
Geometry
Axonometric site plan illustrating an informal cluster of gabled buildings and low stone boundary walls enclosing multiple interconnected courtyards.
Facade system
Coursed stone masonry and timber cladding with punched window openings.
Structural guess
Load-bearing masonry walls with timber roof trusses.
Spatial scale
Human-scaled domestic and agricultural cluster; low-rise single and two-story volumes.
Lighting
Flat, ambient studio lighting with minimal directional shadows, designed for clarity in plan-volume reading.
Atmosphere
Calm, analytical rendering of a traditional farmstead typology translated into modern residential use.
Environmental context
Rural site defined by dry-stone perimeter walls and a mature deciduous tree.
Spatial experience
Sequence moves from open rural approaches through walled yards into sheltered domestic and agricultural pavilions.
Composition rhythm
Asymmetrical scattering of gabled forms creating rhythmic transitions between open lawns and hardscaped yards.
Style reading
Contemporary vernacular rural assemblage
Program
Rural residential compound / farmstead conversion
Perspective
Drawing / Diagram
Discipline
architecture
Materials
stone, timber, slate-roof, terracotta-tile
Visual identifiers
axonometric-site-plan, stone-courtyard, rural-cluster, pitched-roofs
Style tags
vernacular, rural, contemporary-traditional
Visual tags
site-diagram, vernacular-cluster, rural, courtyard-typology, axonometric
Geometry
Axonometric site plan illustrating an informal cluster of gabled buildings and low stone boundary walls enclosing multiple interconnected courtyards.
Facade system
Coursed stone masonry and timber cladding with punched window openings.
Structural guess
Load-bearing masonry walls with timber roof trusses.
Spatial scale
Human-scaled domestic and agricultural cluster; low-rise single and two-story volumes.
Lighting
Flat, ambient studio lighting with minimal directional shadows, designed for clarity in plan-volume reading.
Atmosphere
Calm, analytical rendering of a traditional farmstead typology translated into modern residential use.
Environmental context
Rural site defined by dry-stone perimeter walls and a mature deciduous tree.
Spatial experience
Sequence moves from open rural approaches through walled yards into sheltered domestic and agricultural pavilions.
Composition rhythm
Asymmetrical scattering of gabled forms creating rhythmic transitions between open lawns and hardscaped yards.
Style reading
Contemporary vernacular rural assemblage
Program
Rural residential compound / farmstead conversion
Perspective
Drawing / Diagram
Discipline
architecture

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