Old Shed New House / Tonkin Liu
?Old Shed New House? is a home nestled within the agricultural landscape of North Yorkshire. The client sought a high quality, energy-efficient and low-cost building to serve as a house, library and gallery.
© Greg Storrar
Architects: Tonkin Liu
Location: United Kingdom
Lead Architects: Greg Storrar, Mike Tonkin
Area: 210.0 m2
Project Year: 2017
Photographs: Greg Storrar, Alex Peacock
Structural Engineer: Rodrigues Associates
Environmental Engineer: Integration
Main Contractor: Vine House Construction
© Greg Storrar
?Old Shed New House? is a home nestled within the agricultural landscape of North Yorkshire. The client sought a high quality, energy-efficient and low-cost building to serve as a house, library and gallery.
© Greg Storrar
An existing agricultural shed on the site ? once a container for tools and tractors ? is now a container for a lifetime collection of books and art. The steel frame and ground slab have been reused and enlarged, retaining the original form of the shed. Newly clad in varied widths of shot-blasted timber and galvanised steel fins, the rhythmic facade reads like the bark of the silver birch that characterise the site.
Ground floor plan
The surrounding landscape is pulled into the building?s two principle double-height volumes through large axial openings. A long gallery, orientated east-west with the si...
© Greg Storrar
Architects: Tonkin Liu
Location: United Kingdom
Lead Architects: Greg Storrar, Mike Tonkin
Area: 210.0 m2
Project Year: 2017
Photographs: Greg Storrar, Alex Peacock
Structural Engineer: Rodrigues Associates
Environmental Engineer: Integration
Main Contractor: Vine House Construction
© Greg Storrar
?Old Shed New House? is a home nestled within the agricultural landscape of North Yorkshire. The client sought a high quality, energy-efficient and low-cost building to serve as a house, library and gallery.
© Greg Storrar
An existing agricultural shed on the site ? once a container for tools and tractors ? is now a container for a lifetime collection of books and art. The steel frame and ground slab have been reused and enlarged, retaining the original form of the shed. Newly clad in varied widths of shot-blasted timber and galvanised steel fins, the rhythmic facade reads like the bark of the silver birch that characterise the site.
Ground floor plan
The surrounding landscape is pulled into the building?s two principle double-height volumes through large axial openings. A long gallery, orientated east-west with the si...
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