US architecture studio OPAL has created a farming research and education centre made with mass timber and modelled after the local barns on its site in Maine, weaving together "tradition and modern sensibility". More about OPAL "superinsulates" mass-timber farming education center in Maine
Boulder-shaped canopies of woven bamboo shelter the spaces of LuxeIsland Farm, an eco-farm in China designed by Various Associates. More about "Celestial boulders" of woven bamboo shade eco-farm in China
Emory University scientist Roxana Chicas has collaborated with the Georgia Institute of Technology to create a wearable biopatch for outdoor workers to monitor and protect their health. More about Roxana Chicas designs wearable patch for early detection of heat exposure
Architecture practices Studio Gugger and Channel have repurposed local stone, lime and deadwood to renovate the Fowlescombe Farm retreat in Devon, England. More about Dartmoor retreat responds to the "rhythm of farm life"
American architecture studio The Ranch Mine has completed The Lumen House, a wedding facility in an agrarian setting composed of gabled forms and a minimalist wedding arbour. More about Barns inform design of North Carolina wedding venue by The Ranch Mine
Local architecture studio Modern Office of Design + Architecture has wrapped a multifamily housing development in wood siding and topped it with ramped roof gardens in Calgary, Alberta. More about MODA ramps rooftop garden along Calgary multifamily housing
Italian studio Archisbang has transformed a farmhouse outside Turin into a guesthouse, inserting rooms with polycarbonate windows and doors into its existing brick structure. More about Archisbang converts Italian farm building into We Rural guesthouse
Design thinking should be substituted for "food thinking" to enable humans to create properly holistic systems that no longer cause ecological chaos, writes Sophie Lovell. More about "Food production is an ideal place to start rethinking how we design"
British studio Mole Architects has created Alde Valley Barn, a brick-clad holiday home on a farmyard in Suffolk that dates back to the 17th century. More about Mole Architects creates barn-like holiday home within Suffolk farmyard
Danish architect Sigurd Larsen has refurbished the Michelberger Farm in Spreewald, Germany, creating a new wing of guest rooms that reinterprets the redbrick style of the 19th-century complex. More about Sigurd Larsen refurbishes 19th-century farm for Michelberger hotel
A warped metal extension, a bright-yellow entrance and a barn converted into a play house feature in this roundup of barn and farm conversions in the Northeast of the United States. More about Eight barn and farmhouse conversions in the Northeastern United States
US studio Kinneymorrow Architecture has completed a pitched-roof house on a family farm in western Massachusetts that is designed to "sit well with the existing utilitarian buildings". More about Kinneymorrow Architecture clads Berkshires Farmhouse in wood and weathering steel
California's Tyreus Design Studio has completed a timber-clad house and entertainment barn renovation on a farm in Sonoma. More about Tyreus Design Studio wraps open-air Sonoma farm house in wood
Dezeen's Pinterest followers searched for "modern barn house" 13 times more than normal in the last few weeks. We round up 10 of the most popular barn conversions and houses informed by barns from Pinterest.
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Canadian architecture studio Atelier l'Abri has built a series of A-frame buildings for the Farouche Tremblant agrotourism site in Québec's Mon-Tremblant National Park, which were designed to "recede in the landscape". More about Atelier l'Abri creates A-frame micro-cabins in Quebec forest
Rakhee Shobhit Design Associates has used shipping containers to create two residential units at either end of a farmland site in the Aravalli hills near Udaipur, India. More about RSDA repurposes shipping containers to form home on Indian farm
North River Architecture designed Gallatin Passive House as an extension to an 18th-century farm in upstate New York, repurposing the existing barn as a double-height play space for the owner's three children. More about North River Architecture adds Passive House-certified home to heritage farm
To fight the threat of soil degradation to food supply, design graduate Ryan Waterhouse has invented a portable device that monitors the health of topsoil. More about Terra Nova soil monitor aims to avert future food crisis
Wheeler Kearns Architects has completed a multipurpose greenhouse for an organic farm in Michigan to host meals and events, grow produce and host classes. More about Wheeler Kearns Architects places wood-clad living rooms inside Michigan greenhouse
American poultry producer Pasturebird has invented a solar-powered robot chicken coop on wheels, which it says fosters regenerative farming while allowing the animals to "live their best life". More about Pasturebird introduces solar-powered robot chicken coop