Albion Barn / Studio Seilern Architects
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Architects: Studio Seilern Architects
Location: United Kingdom, Oxford, UK
Architect In Charge: Studio Seilern Architects
Area: 300.0 sqm
Project Year: 2013
Photographs: Philip Vile
Structural Engineer: TALL Engineers
Services Engineer: Atelier TEN
Lighting Consultant: Sutton Vane Associates
Quantity Surveyor: BAQUS
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Old Belchers Farm is a 17th Century farmhouse with a collection of barns and stables. The buildings have Historic Interest Building Status and the property falls within the Conservation Area of Little Milton.
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The project brief was for a conversion that was to offer a new contemporary art and exhibition space that would help contribute to the upkeep of the estate, consisting of a dining room and of ces that wrap around a hidden library at the centre of the project.
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This library, the heart of the concept, contains four secret doors that when opened connect to the surrounding spaces. When these doors are closed, the room is lined with bookshelves on all sides. It has a mirrored polished steel ceiling, which doubles the perceived height of the space by creating bookshelves that seem to extend to in nity. A set of thin L-shaped steel plates...
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