Bucolic Garden Buildings in the UK hearken back to simpler, greener times

Garden Buildings Warmington by Ashworth Parkes Architects

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If you miss the good old days when life was simpler and greener, you'll love this project. A collection of charming agricultural-style buildings replace an old garage and piggery in a small Northamptonshire village in the UK. Ashworth Parkes Architects designed a 'studio' building with catering facilities where the clients can spend their weekends. The compound includes garden storage, a carport and a greenhouse.

Garden Buildings Warmington by Ashworth Parkes Architects

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The architects demolished the existing buildings, using some of their outlines to create a series of new walls or various heights and orientations.

Garden Buildings Warmington by Ashworth Parkes Architects

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They used local coursed limestone to build the main house and a range of other agricultural materials such as sawn larch timber, corrugated aluminum and Corten steel.

Garden Buildings Warmington by Ashworth Parkes Architects

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The interior references the random width vertical cladding of the exterior.

Garden Buildings Warmington by Ashworth Parkes Architects

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On the inside, the same material was planed and treated with a lye and a wax finish to maintain its color.

Garden Buildings Warmington by Ashworth Parkes Architects

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It is butt jointed to allow the timber to move and natural cracks and undulations to appear across the boards.