A run-down barn that was once used for storing grain now houses additional office space for the Cotswolds-based staff of architecture practice Richard Parr Associates.
The 95-square-metre workspace, which Richard Parr Associates has monikered Grain Loft Studio, is shortlisted in the small workspace interior of the year category in the 2020 Dezeen Awards.
It's situated amongst the green fields of Easter Park Farm in the Cotswolds, which was created as part of the Woodchester Park Estate in the middle of the 19th century. Parr's office looks through to a laidback workroom for staff
Parr's office is up on the barn's first floor in what was formerly a loft store for grain.
After years of dilapidation, the practice could only save one of the room's original Cotswold stone walls ? the rest have been replaced with expansive panels of glazing that offer views of a nearby National Trust park and Parr's own family home, which is also on the farm.
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