David Kohn Architects . photos: © Max Creasy
Artist Suzanne Blank Redstone and her husband Peter Redstone have lived at Middle Rocombe Farm since the early 1970s. Fifteen years ago they began converting the farm buildings into a housing community: Cowshed is the final element and now contains an artist studio, office and a home, with rich connections to the surrounding landscape.
Almost all of the original cowshed has been retained, with locally sourced concrete blocks and cedar boarding enhancing its straightforward materials palette. Inside, the exposed structure and surfaces continue this acknowledgement of Cowshed’s robust agricultural character.
Cowshed demonstrates how even the most prosaic industrial structures can be reused and repurposed to make affordable, playful and welcoming homes.
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Project
Conversion
Location
Devon, United Kingdom
Client
Suzanne Blank Redstone & Peter Redstone
Status
Completed 2021
Design Team
David Kohn, Robin Turner, Adam Perkins, Dan Norman, Jenny Hill, Tom Whittaker, Jennifer Dyne.
Collaborators
Suzanne Blank Redstone
Marks Building Services Ltd.
Structure Workshop
P3r Engineers
Steve Anderson Planning and Development
W T Hills
George Bemment Associates
Genever and Partners
Photography
Max Creasy
