<ul><li>Sylvia Richards of Practice for Architecture designed a luminous barn in Lyme, New Hampshire, blending historical awareness with architectural experimentation.</li><li>Inspired by the ventilation system of older barns, the Lyme Barn features a porous upper facade that allows airflow as both a functional and spatial medium.</li><li>The barn's contemporary frame meets local conservation requirements and reinterprets traditional post-and-beam framing using sustainable mass timber.</li><li>Sylvia Richards implemented an elevated material weaving concept in the barn, incorporating a 'straw hat' construction with cedar boards and bronze mesh to filter light and air.</li></ul>

sylvia richard-designed lyme barn glows like a patterned lantern in new england

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