“If the project goes smoothly, I would love my own bar.”

Set within the Cambridgeshire countryside, existing planning constraints limited the form and materials providing an opportunity to create a building expressing a contemporary re-interpretation of a traditional barn. Although the extruded form and materials used are simple, individuality is expressed through the details. The connection through to nature was key, picture windows frame beautiful views and doors from the sitting room dissolve away drawing the landscape into the spaces.

Black timber boards change rhythm as you move up towards the red tiled roof. Unfinished aluminium gutters fold out at the eaves and terminate at chains bringing water down to the ground. Windows are recessed or flush with the cladding and external sockets and taps hidden behind soft-close doors.

A bespoke drinks cabinet became a playful focal point at the end of the design process.