February 1, 2007
Barns – A Look Inside
Here is the barn as architecture: a structure of crucks and beams, purlins and plates. Here is the barn as an epitome of “vernacular” architecture – the use of native materials in the interest of simple, powerful design – a symbol of shelter and harvest, warmth and honest effort.
thoughts taken from:
"BARN – The Art of a Working Building"
by Elric Endersby, Alexander Greenwood, and David Larkin
ISBN 0-395-57372-6
Filed by Administrator at 12:28 am under c. Barn Preservation - America
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