Six Farmhouse Renovations Embrace Rural Vistas
Dezeen has highlighted six farmhouse renovations that foster a stronger bond with nature, moving away from conventional thick stone walls. The featured projects include: 1. In Normandy, France, Studio Guma transformed a stone farmhouse by incorporating expansive openings and modern features. 2. Delfyd Farmhouse in Wales, designed by Rural Office, showcases larch-clad extensions that provide sweeping views. 3. Casa NaMora, created by Filipe Pina and David Bilo in Portugal, employs board-formed concrete and presents scenic landscape vistas. 4. Inspired by mid-century design, Forgeworks' House of Blue Lias in Somerset connects seamlessly to a barn and swimming pool. 5. In East Lothian, Scotland, Pend's Whitberry utilizes pink concrete and features a glazed reading nook. 6. Studio Bressan's Casolare Biordo Vecchio in Italy has converted a portico into a glazed dining area, merging contemporary and traditional styles.
Key facts
- Dezeen curated six farmhouse renovations that open historic homes to their surroundings.
- Studio Guma cut large openings into a Normandy farmhouse's stone walls, adding concrete sills, steel lintels, and aluminum frames.
- Rural Office added larch-clad extensions to Delfyd Farmhouse on Wales' Gower Peninsula, the UK's first Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
- Filipe Pina and David Bilo used board-formed concrete for two gabled volumes at Casa NaMora in Portugal's Serra da Estrela.
- Forgeworks designed House of Blue Lias in Somerset's Mendip Hills, inspired by mid-century American architecture, with a stone hearth as central axis.
- Pend used pink-tinged concrete and painted metal for Whitberry, a rear extension to a Georgian farmhouse in East Lothian, Scotland.
- Studio Bressan converted a former portico into a double-height glazed dining room at Casolare Biordo Vecchio in Asolo, Italy.
- Emanuele Bressan stated the aim was to enhance the building's memory without nostalgia.
Entities
Artists
- Studio Guma
- Rural Office
- Filipe Pina
- David Bilo
- Forgeworks
- Pend
- Studio Bressan
- Emanuele Bressan
Institutions
- Dezeen
Locations
- Normandy
- France
- Gower Peninsula
- Wales
- United Kingdom
- Serra da Estrela
- Portugal
- Mendip Hills
- Somerset
- England
- East Lothian
- Scotland
- Asolo
- Italy
Sources
- Dezeen —