Barn House Design

The clean contemporary lines and finishes of the architectural design re-interprets a celebrated traditional form.  The design creates a cost effective 6 star energy efficient rated house with reduced energy maintenance costs.  The residence consists of 2,799  square feet/260 square meters of gross floor area in addition to 922 square feet/86 square meters of alfresco.  With the barn house design orientation for passive solar design and raking plasterboard ceilings, it satisfies passive solar design principles with the open-plan living space having the potential for solar heat gain during the cooler winter months.  The open-plan living space is the centrally located focal point of the energy efficient design that connects the terrace and alfresco with eight foot high clear anodized glazed doors – transforming this green building into indoor outdoor living during summer.  The architectural design showcases memorable spaces and can be specified as either reinforced slab-on-ground construction or instead utilize a patented prefab footing system for a budget saving.

The residence’s material palette incorporates gun metal grey single-lap standing seam steel, Australian hardwood flooring and stained fire-rated timber cladding to gable ends. The residence achieves visually distinct spaces on a small budget to enrich daily life.  The services include a solar hot water and double-sided wood fuel firebox for wood fuel boosting during the winter months.  The visitors are greeted with generous eight foot high glazed doors that usher into the open-plan living areas.  The architect designed kitchen that incorporates the latest porcelain panel bench-tops with waterfall edge, Blum Adventos lift colored back glass overhead cupboards and Madinoz fixtures and fittings.