Black Barn

In countries such as Sweden and Japan, prefabrication is the rule, not the exception, and lacks the stigma of its American counterpart. Pinc House is a line of homes begun by the Stockholm-based design studio Pinc that targets the middle- and upper-tier home buyer. Unable to find a house that suited contemporary lifestyles and matched their country’s long-standing modern product-design tradition, the designers at Pinc decided to create their own. The company offers three different designs, two of which are prefabricated: Sport (2003), a wood-clad, low-slung, two-story structure akin to a modern cottage, available in three sizes reflecting increasing square footage; and the newly launched Black Barn (2005), also in three sizes. With its distinctive pitched-roof and elongated design, Black Barn is a modern adaptation of the Viking longhouse with exposed ceiling beams and strategically placed windows. The sculptural mass of the black-washed wood exterior contrasts with the lightness of its interior, which features walls and floors of white-painted pine. The largest floor plan offers 2,368 square feet of space: it includes two full baths and two bedrooms on the lower level, with a master suite and multipurpose space occupying the lofted second level in addition to a separate laundry room and sauna. Base pricing ranges between $300,000 and $370,000. Pinc was awarded the prestigious Red Dot Design Prize in 2005 from Design Zentnum in Germany for best achievement in the category of architecture and design.

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