Modern vs Contemporary Home Designs Modern vs contemporary home designs are a gray area in today’s lexicon. Most times the two terms are used interchangeably. However, the two styles are different and have elements unique to their particular architectural style and time period. Read this: Modernism Read this: Contemporary Architecture Modernism Modernism is defined as…
WOW! Look at this contemporary barn home stunner.
Notwithstanding its name, passive solar design does mean you’re actively harnessing the sun’s energy to a home’s advantage.
Contemporary barn house The Tisbury, has been finished. We’ve chronicled the building of this hybrid Yankee Barn from the design stage to completion. We hope you enjoy our final post on this stunning barn home. Contemporary Barn House The Tisbury has an open concept floor plan. Coming in at 2983 square feet, the key element…
Last week we featured a partial post and beam single level plan called The Morton. This week we kick it up a notch with a full post and beam single level contemporary barn home plan, The Lexington.
Mid Century Modern integrated indoor/outdoor living has seen a resurgence in the home building industry. Nowhere is this truer than at Yankee Barn Homes. The Montauk is our latest Mid Century Modern design to use our trade marked wall and roof panel system. The only place post and beam exists in the Montauk is at…
Mid Century Modern architecture is HOT once again! The architectural and interior design style which initially rose to international popularity from the mid 1930’s to the mid 1960’s has made yet another popular resurgence. One look at Yankee Barn Homes’ Mad River Modern design and it’s easy to see why….
Two very different post and beam projects are now completed and soon to be photographed by Yankee Barn Homes. We thought now would be a good time to give you a sneak peek and hopefully wet your whistle…
A Los Angeles client recently came to Yankee Barn Homes with a challenge: build a unique house blending the handmade qualities and traditions of post and beam with materials which included stucco, steel, timber, poured concrete, stainless steel, and plenty of glass allowing for an abundance of light. Wow….! This is “thinking outside the box”,…
Last week I began a series on Yankee Barn Homes most popular barn house design, interpreted in three different ways. I presented the exteriors of these unique homes which use the same floor plan. Please see that article here. Today I’m going to focus on how the same floor plan was envision in the three…
When considering Yankee Barn Homes, some may automatically envision a New England barn look. While this is certainly one of the styles in which we can build, it is far from the only style we can and have created. Today, I’d like to take a look at a few of the homes YBH has done…