UK studio Sandy Rendel Architects has converted a Dutch barn at Morlands Farm in West Sussex, England, into a house clad in corrugated steel.
The studio converted the barn, which was previously completely open on two sides, into a home that retained its agricultural industrial aesthetic and materiality.
Sandy Rendel Architects converted a Dutch barn into a house Metal-framed, barrel-vaulted Dutch barns have a distinctive appearance, structure, form and materiality and it was key to us to retain this character and aesthetic, said Sandy Rendel Architects founder Sandy Rendel. Besides their clear form and colour, the language and character of these buildings is heavily defined by the materiality and detailing of their skin.
Feilden Fowles has refurbished the medieval dining hall at Carlisle Cathedral in north-west England and extended it with a red sandstone entrance pavilion.
Befittingly called The Fratry, the name for a priory refectory, the overhaul makes the 16th-century listed building publicly accessible for the first time.
Top image: Feilden Fowles has extended the fratry at Carlisle Cathedral. Above: it is clad in red sandstone
Feilden Fowles converted the hall and its vaulted undercroft into an event and teaching space, while the extension introduces a cafe and new entrance area.
The goal for The Fratry was to transform the building into an asset for the cathedral, open to the local community and schools.