BEAUTIFUL BUILDING REUSE: The Barn House in Belgium

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Building reuse is often overshadowed by the long green shadow of new high performance architecture. But the intrinsic nature of repurposing and bringing second life to an otherwise discarded structure is a sustainable idea we can’t ignore, especially when it’s done as gracefully as this old barn redux in Belgium. Architect Rita Huys of Buro2 skillfully transformed this agricultural icon into a beautiful, modern dwelling known simply as The Barn House.

leafpure says:

July 18, 2008 at 1:11 pm

This is what every farmer should be doing with their barns.
Love the simplicity of architecture.
nico says:

July 18, 2008 at 1:50 pm

It’s a beautiful house! If anybody wants to see plans and other pictures, you can follow this link http://www.archdaily.com/2702/the-barn-house-buro-ii/
theokobox says:

July 18, 2008 at 2:26 pm

that is really inspiring – there is so much land for sale here in the smokey mountains with old barns on the propety but no house. Now they look like houses to me… i had always thought this could be done, i love seeing it a reality!
Sheryl says:

July 19, 2008 at 9:52 pm

Thank you for posting an article on adaptive reuse, the ultimate choice in building recycling. There are many more successful case studies out there like this one but we remain too distracted by campaigns for new construction (LEED, “starchitects,” etc.) and in the meantime wasting all the embodied energy of what we’ve already built. Over 140 million tons of waste from demolished homes goes into U.S. landfills each year. The sooner the connection between preservation and sustainability is made, the quicker we can get underway with real “green” progress.
Daniel Fierro says:

January 12, 2010 at 11:56 am

If that is what every farmer were to do with their barns, then there would be no room for the animals or stocking hay!?
Ze Rou says:

February 2, 2010 at 10:43 am

any construction system or techniques information provided?coz im need this info to deal with my journal(assignments)..hopefully u can help me =]