Low Street Barn
Low Street Barn by Haverstock showcases a vernacular agricultural conversion pairing dark horizontal timber cladding over an existing weathered brick ground floor.
- What we like about this project
- The stark color contrast between the upper black cladding and lower variegated red brick highlights the boundary of the original structure.
Materials
- timber
- brick
- glass
- clay-tile
Visual identifiers
- black-timber-cladding
- asymmetrical-gable
- weathered-brick-base
- barn-conversion
Style tags
- contemporary-vernacular
- agricultural-conversion
- rustic-modern
Visual tags
- rural
- barn-conversion
- timber-clad
- hybrid-facade
- residential
- Geometry
- Asymmetrical pitched gables rise above a single-story brick base, with crisp vertical alignments between the upper central window and lower doors.
- Facade system
- Horizontal black timber weatherboarding over traditional masonry brick wall.
- Structural guess
- Load-bearing masonry base with a timber-framed upper gable roof structure.
- Spatial scale
- Two-story barn conversion scale, intimate domestic garden frontage.
- Lighting
- Diffused overcast daylight casting soft shadows, illuminating the rich texture of the weathered brick and dark timber.
- Atmosphere
- Calm, rustic rural atmosphere blending historic masonry with crisp modern timber detailing.
- Environmental context
- Rural or semi-rural garden setting with mature trees, gravel paths, and planted shrubs in front of the building.
- Spatial experience
- Approaching across a gravel garden path, the heavy contrast of black timber against warm brick grounds the structure at a domestic scale.
- Composition rhythm
- Asymmetrical balance anchored by the tall central vertical window piercing the dark gable.
- Style reading
- Contemporary rural vernacular conversion
- Program
- Residential dwelling
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- timber, brick, glass, clay-tile
- Visual identifiers
- black-timber-cladding, asymmetrical-gable, weathered-brick-base, barn-conversion
- Style tags
- contemporary-vernacular, agricultural-conversion, rustic-modern
- Visual tags
- rural, barn-conversion, timber-clad, hybrid-facade, residential
- Geometry
- Asymmetrical pitched gables rise above a single-story brick base, with crisp vertical alignments between the upper central window and lower doors.
- Facade system
- Horizontal black timber weatherboarding over traditional masonry brick wall.
- Structural guess
- Load-bearing masonry base with a timber-framed upper gable roof structure.
- Spatial scale
- Two-story barn conversion scale, intimate domestic garden frontage.
- Lighting
- Diffused overcast daylight casting soft shadows, illuminating the rich texture of the weathered brick and dark timber.
- Atmosphere
- Calm, rustic rural atmosphere blending historic masonry with crisp modern timber detailing.
- Environmental context
- Rural or semi-rural garden setting with mature trees, gravel paths, and planted shrubs in front of the building.
- Spatial experience
- Approaching across a gravel garden path, the heavy contrast of black timber against warm brick grounds the structure at a domestic scale.
- Composition rhythm
- Asymmetrical balance anchored by the tall central vertical window piercing the dark gable.
- Style reading
- Contemporary rural vernacular conversion
- Program
- Residential dwelling
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture