This richly illustrated volume from leading barn historians and preservationists is a celebration of a quintessential American architectural form. Widely revered yet steadily vanishing from our cultural landscape, the barn is an expression of pastoral romance, painstaking craftsmanship, and tradition. The authors, both practitioners of historic barn restoration, offer a tribute to and exploration of the many extant forms of the American barn, following the evolution of the form from this country's earliest days to today, when these structures are repurposed as country lofts and spaces for living. They also show successful efforts to restore, adapt, and repurpose these simple, soulful structures. Barns embody the ethos of another age, one still to be found in these beautiful buildings. Due to the ravages of time, weather, and neglect, these essential American edifices are threatened as never before. Barn afficionados and enchanting storytellers, the authors demonstrate here a profound love and respect for the form. Their book reminds us that barns are as much a part of us as our love of apple pie and should be cherished for their artistry and cultural significance. This revised and updated edition of Barn coincides with the premiere of the PBS series Barnstruck and describes the process of barn preservation through relocation, focusing on the work of The New Jersey Barn Company, whose dedicated efforts over thirty-five years have saved more than 150 structures.
"...beautiful photographs of barns that have been re-imagined as homes, retail or other commercial spaces, mussums and rustic retreats." -Houston Chronicle
Alexander Greenwood's interests have centered on rural topics and traditional architecture, working as a restoration carpenter before studying historic preservation at the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Fine Arts. His works include Barn: The Art of a Working Building and Barn: Preservation & Adaptation: The Evolution of a Vernacular Icon. He lives on a small farm outside of Lambertville, New Jersey, with his wife and their three daughters.
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Elric Endersby is the founder and partner with Alex Greenwood of The New Jersey Barn Company, which has relocated more than a hundred threatened structures. He is a frequent lecturer who has organized a number of barn documentation surveys and serves on various preservation groups. Endersby studied the history of architecture at Trinity College, Hartford, and history and American folk-life at the Cooperstown Graduate Program. He is also founder and director of the Princeton History Project, and edited The Princeton Recollector for 12 years.
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David Larkin is a book designer, editor, and art director who has traveled the country over the past decade working on his visual book documentaries that record American history through its buildings, vernacular architecture, rural life, material culture, and design. He is the author of numerous books including the American Masterworks series, Farmhouse (2005), Barn (2003), American Home (2001), and The Treehouse Book (2000). He lives in Cherry Plain, New York.
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This richly illustrated volume from leading barn historians and preservationists is a celebration of a quintessential American architectural form. Widely revered yet steadily vanishing from our cultural landscape, the barn is an expression of pastoral romance, painstaking craftsmanship, and tradition. The authors, both practitioners of historic barn restoration, offer a tribute to and exploration of the many extant forms of the American barn, following the evolution of the form from this country's earliest days to today, when these structures are repurposed as country lofts and spaces for living. They also show successful efforts to restore, adapt, and repurpose these simple, soulful structures. Barns embody the ethos of another age, one still to be found in these beautiful buildings. Due to the ravages of time, weather, and neglect, these essential American edifices are threatened as never before. Barn afficionados and enchanting storytellers, the authors demonstrate here a profound love and respect for the form. Their book reminds us that barns are as much a part of us as our love of apple pie and should be cherished for their artistry and cultural significance. This revised and updated edition of Barn coincides with the premiere of the PBS series Barnstruck and describes the process of barn preservation through relocation, focusing on the work of The New Jersey Barn Company, whose dedicated efforts over thirty-five years have saved more than 150 structures.
Praise
"...beautiful photographs of barns that have been re-imagined as homes, retail or other commercial spaces, mussums and rustic retreats." -Houston Chronicle
Author
Alexander Greenwood's interests have centered on rural topics and traditional architecture, working as a restoration carpenter before studying historic preservation at the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Fine Arts. His works include Barn: The Art of a Working Building and Barn: Preservation & Adaptation: The Evolution of a Vernacular Icon. He lives on a small farm outside of Lambertville, New Jersey, with his wife and their three daughters.
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Elric Endersby is the founder and partner with Alex Greenwood of The New Jersey Barn Company, which has relocated more than a hundred threatened structures. He is a frequent lecturer who has organized a number of barn documentation surveys and serves on various preservation groups. Endersby studied the history of architecture at Trinity College, Hartford, and history and American folk-life at the Cooperstown Graduate Program. He is also founder and director of the Princeton History Project, and edited The Princeton Recollector for 12 years.
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David Larkin is a book designer, editor, and art director who has traveled the country over the past decade working on his visual book documentaries that record American history through its buildings, vernacular architecture, rural life, material culture, and design. He is the author of numerous books including the American Masterworks series, Farmhouse (2005), Barn (2003), American Home (2001), and The Treehouse Book (2000). He lives in Cherry Plain, New York.
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