The essential book of barns : discovering the design, function, and form / David Larkin.

The essential book of barns : discovering the design, function, and form / David Larkin.

0789300087
9780789300089

New York : Universe Pub., 1995.

English

94 pages : color illustrations ; 20 cm

NA8230 .L37 1995

630

Massive structures created with the use of native materials, and by the simplest yet most practical methods, the barn is a beautiful and powerful form. As a place of shelter, of work, and of life, the barn is an essential and esteemed form in ancient and modern architecture both in Europe and America, and a favorite dwelling for people today. The origins of the barn, its uniqueness and importance as a structure, along with the techniques and tools necessary in raising a barn are examined here. From medieval European barns to nineteenth-century Pennsylvania Dutch barns to the most modern timber framed structures, the barn has become not only a practical work place, but a place to restore, preserve, and live in as well.

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