Behold: Treow Brycg House at Kingsburg Beach on the south coast of Nova Scotia – a brooding structure redolent of some futuristic military installation but actually modelled on the vernacular gambrel-roofed barns of the area.
Designed both to resist and embrace the unpredictable coastal climate and control solar gain, the steel-walled house – on two levels with a separate interstitial zone for circulation – is slatted with brise soleils and clad in darkened aluminium.
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Probably still costs less than a 3-bed semi-d in Ranelagh
What is the point of using the word vernacular in this instance?
It rolls off the internal tongue so beautifully.
Modelled on the vernacular barns of the locality. It in itself is not vernacular.
Here’s some nice Irish vernacular.
https://www.dezeen.com/2012/10/30/house-at-goleen-by-niall-mclaughlin-architects/
“The existing residence has white-painted exterior walls, so the dark limestone of the extension relates more closely to the slate that covers its roof.”
These guys are GENIUSES!
Internal tongue sounds SUPER rude.
I like it
Does anyone else see the ginger ghost or is it just me?
Ha. Ayeee Papi.
“modelled on the vernacular gambrel-roofed barns of the area”
Hmmm… Are barns ever public or monumental? or are they always functional? It seems to me that it is using words with same meaning type tautology.
“using words with same meaning type tautology”
HA! Gwan you eejit, doing it yourself.
Oh, hang on. You were being amusing.
Carry on and ignore me.
Fugly. Cold. Unwelcoming. Has probably won numerous architectural awards.
Like yer ma
Lol