Monday, 22 September 2008

Bigger is not always better

Imagine waking up to this view

Jeffery Broadhurst’s Shack at Hinkle Farm


Look at this little shack is built by Architect Jeffery Broadhurst for his family in a 27-acre mountaintop property in West Virginia.


Built by himself, friends and neighbors, using off-the-shelf materials. Board-and-batten siding and a standing-seam, terne-coated steel roof sit atop a wood platform. A ladder unhitches and swings down, providing access to the entry door. Oil lamps provide light and a woodstove heats the space.
Hand-powered, gravity-fed plumbing system, and water is heated using the woodstove. Rainwater from the roof supplies the outdoor shower. The front wall is an overhead-acting aluminum and glass garage door, opening to a cantilevered deck.


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