{"product_id":"barn-preservation-and-adaptation-the-evolution-of-a-vernacular-icon-paperback-by-alexander-greenwood-elric-endersby-david-larkin","title":"Barn: Preservation and Adaptation, The Evolution of a Vernacular Icon [Paperback] by Alexander Greenwood, Elric Endersby \u0026 David Larkin","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"productDetailElements\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDetailElements\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn the vernacular vocabulary of America, the barn stands proud, a hulking icon in the agricultural landscape. Unlike a house, the barn is chaste. For this is a place for work--a space rubbed by livestock and worn by labor. The repeating patterns of the posts and beams, now considered impediments to efficient farming, mask the very intricacy that gives old barns their intrinsic character. Many of these splendid spaces now lie empty, festooned with cobwebs, awaiting collapse, but there is a growing recognition that these honestly framed buildings can lend themselves to transformation and a new purpose.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDetailElements\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDetailElements\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn the decade-plus time since \u003ci\u003eBARN: The Art of a Working Building\u003c\/i\u003e was published, there has been a remarkable growth in the different ways that barns can be preserved and reinvigorated. There are many great barns that may not survive, and many problems with others still standing that remain with their integrity intact, but action is being taken.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDetailElements\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDetailElements\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ci\u003eBARN: Preservation \u0026amp; Adaptation \u003c\/i\u003echronicles and expands upon the progress being made, emphasizing the variety of imaginative uses that can revive these beloved structures. With more than 400 exciting photographs, drawings, and plans, and a lively text by the same team of expert barn restoration practitioners who brought you \u003ci\u003eBARN The Art of a Working Building\u003c\/i\u003e, here are accounts of barns as retreats, studios, shops, meeting places, inns, restaurants, galleries, and museums--even sheltering swimming pools--showing the conversion to domestic use, and barns as barns again. The story, rich in historical detail, covers the problems of reinterpretation and barn culture informatively and critically, yet with great optimism and enthusiasm. The true companion to its highly successful predecessor, this book will delight all those who love and want to explore these grand monuments.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDetailElements\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDetailElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Larkin\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis 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\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmerican Masterworks\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eseries\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e, Farmhouse (2005), Barn (2003), American Home (2001)\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Treehouse Book\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(2000). He lives in Cherry Plain, New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eElric Endersby \u003c\/b\u003eis 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 \u003ci\u003eThe Princeton Recollector\u003c\/i\u003e for 12 years.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDetailElements\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDetailElements\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlexander Greenwood's \u003c\/b\u003einterests 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 \u003ci\u003eBarn: The Art of a Working Building \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eBarn: Preservation \u0026amp; Adaptation: The Evolution of a Vernacular Icon. \u003c\/i\u003eHe lives on a small farm outside of Lambertville, New Jersey, with his wife.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDetailElements\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDetailElements\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDetailElements\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDetailElements\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDetailElements\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDetailElements\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDetailElements\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ePaperback\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDetailElements\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCopyright Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e2003\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDetailElements\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePub Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eOctober 30, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDetailElements\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003ePhysical Info:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 0.69\" H x 10.98\" L x 8.98\" W (2.67 lbs) 256 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDetailElements\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e*Out of Print, Used, Good Condition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Universe Publishing(NY)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53618163646774,"sku":null,"price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0745\/2301\/7526\/files\/81QDOtPeqiL._SL1500.jpg?v=1769637100","url":"https:\/\/www.summerbeambooks.com\/products\/barn-preservation-and-adaptation-the-evolution-of-a-vernacular-icon-paperback-by-alexander-greenwood-elric-endersby-david-larkin","provider":"Summer Beam Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}