The converted agricultural dwelling is the work of architectural practice Tonkin Liu, particularly the collaboration between director Mike Tonkin and associate Greg Storrar.
The homeowners had spent years looking for a self build plot to construct a bespoke home, focusing on finding a quiet site for a tranquil retirement lifestyle.
When the couple found the agricultural building in a wild garden they enlisted the help of their architect son, Greg, to find a design solution to covert the structure.
They design brief was to create a three-bedroom house that would mirror the landscape in the building’s form. A long double height gallery maintains the tree-lined approach from the exterior and a tall library, bounded by mirror-backed shelving evokes the copse of silver.
A long double height gallery maintains the tree-lined approach from the exterior and is home to a tall library
The couple have chosen a colour scheme of subtle grey and white timber throughout to complement their vast art collection.
The steel frame and ground slab have been re-purposed and enlarged, retaining the original form of the structure. The home was then clad in varied widths of shot-blasted timber and galvanised steel fins to mimic the silver trees characteristic from the site.
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