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Rural Euro-Style Barn

Rural Euro-Style Barn

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A modern take on a country style 2019 Built as a Minor Housing Unit next to a young family’s home, this small yet spacious dwelling provides everything for downsized inter-generational living. Read more
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A contemporary rural Euro-style barn designed for inter-generational living, featuring vaulted ceilings, sustainable materials, and seamless indoor/outdoor integration on a 141m² footprint.

A modern take on a country style 2019

Built as a Minor Housing Unit next to a young family’s home, this small yet spacious dwelling provides everything for downsized inter-generational living.

With vaulted ceilings and feature trusses, the 4m wide main living pavilion is joined to other pitched roof forms to mimic clusters of farm buildings on this rural property.

Additional exterior features have been added by the clients over time to nestle this small smart building into the landscape, and create indoor/outdoor living.

  • Building footprint: 141m²
  • Size: 60m² + SIPs workshop (32m²) & loft + kit set garage (49m²) 
  • Foundation/floor: Insulated waffle slab with warm edge 
  • Cladding: Rusticated cedar weatherboards & profiled sheet metal roof
  • Windows: Double glazed powder-coated aluminum 
  • Heating: Passive solar 
  • Lighting: Low voltage LED throughout
  • Wastewater: On-site black & grey water treatment
  • Freshwater: Filtered rainwater
9091h 46m

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“Imagine a meeting with an architect where, instead of starting with a drawing, you started with a feeling. Imagine someone with a unique set of skills that could create an image out of your description of how your want your ideal home to feel. Tonia has a real knack of 'getting into your head' and pulling out everything you have in regard to your home, and with her deliberate style of really challenging your thinking, she creates It. As the journey evolves, it almost becomes simple because you see what she sees, and vice versa. We found our perfect piece of paradise and Tonia has now delivered our utopia. Through her wonderful communication style, which thankfully is an abundance of beautiful images ( and words) that really connect your ideals...Tonia is clear on costs, time and expectations. She was open and honest with us that the journey would be eventful, challenging, exciting and memorable. In the beginning we found an architect, in the end we got a friend. Take your journey with Tonia Williams, we did and found our Utopia.”

Brooke Noonan & Margaret Dalziel - NorthlandingMangonui

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