Cotswolds-based architect Richard Parr has converted a 19th century agricultural building into a modern studio addition for his practice, which is located in the countryside next to his home, in�...
Cotswolds-based architect Richard Parr has converted a 19th century agricultural building into a modern studio addition for his practice, which is located in the countryside next to his home, in Easter Park FarmWhen architect Richard Parr moved to the Cotswolds 15 years ago, to live and set up his studio, it was a pretty radical move.
Parr, a working-from-home veteran now, has in fact just completed a new extension to his countryside studio – the conversion of a 19th century agricultural barn on his property. His original studio contained eight workstations, occupying buildings that were formerly a hayloft, cow shed, dairy barn and a bull pen. The new addition offers valuable extra space to the small but dynamic practice in what was a grain loft, one of the last remaining buildings to be converted on the estate.
‘My life is my work, I enjoy living the way I design for other people, so why separate it? This is also a testing ground for ideas,’ says Parr, who admits that some infrastructure work was needed before everything could work smoothly. ‘Fast broadband throughout has made it all work as well. Investment was needed and I brought in fibreoptic some years back.’
The ground floor contains an entrance with informal client meeting space and breakout room; the upper level houses workspace and a timber pod containing a shower room and kitchen. The colour palette ranges from neutral, natural colours , to darker tones, and original materials, such as the old rustic stone walls, sit effortlessly side by side with recycled rubber flooring, a ceiling comprised of wood wool panels and raw plaster paint colour.
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