Bob_Skurka
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I've been negotiating with the lovely Mrs_Bob about a barn for quite some time. This year I am making some amount of progress, probably largely due to the increase in jewelry the lovely Mrs_Bob seems to have building up on her dressing area /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif
Anyway I'd like to build a barn in 2005 and I really do not want a regular looking barn. I've toyed with the idea of a round barn, which was popular about 80 years ago and there are still several of them in the area I live. They are great for cattle, but not so much for cars, tractors and misc toys. But they are very interesting to look at. So I am very attracted to them. On the other hand, our home is a "prairie" style home which is greatly influenced by Japanese architecture and the father of the prairie movement often referred the link between traditional Japanese structures and prairie structures. So that got me thinking of building a post & beam temple style building for use as a barn. It would not clash with the home, as a round barn is likely to do, in fact I think it would be a nice compliment. But I can't find any plans for them. I have talked to a couple builders about round barns and those can be done, I even had a steel framed round barn designed last year. But nobody seems to have a clue about building a Japanese style structure.
Of course, the lovely Mrs_Bob wants a "prairie" barn with brick exterior, 4' eves and limestone planters built up on piers at each corner, with an apartment that has a bath & kitchenette. So the negotiations are FAR FROM OVER and it would really help if I could provide some information on a Japanese style structure other than showing her pictures of famous temples and gardens and saying "just like this, only the size of a 3 or 4 car garage." As of now, she is softening on the concept of the round barn, but doesn't seem to grasp my concept of a traditional Japanese style structure as a barn.
Any thoughts on where I might be able to get plans or photos of a traditional Japanese style structure that is used as a barn or garage?
Anyway I'd like to build a barn in 2005 and I really do not want a regular looking barn. I've toyed with the idea of a round barn, which was popular about 80 years ago and there are still several of them in the area I live. They are great for cattle, but not so much for cars, tractors and misc toys. But they are very interesting to look at. So I am very attracted to them. On the other hand, our home is a "prairie" style home which is greatly influenced by Japanese architecture and the father of the prairie movement often referred the link between traditional Japanese structures and prairie structures. So that got me thinking of building a post & beam temple style building for use as a barn. It would not clash with the home, as a round barn is likely to do, in fact I think it would be a nice compliment. But I can't find any plans for them. I have talked to a couple builders about round barns and those can be done, I even had a steel framed round barn designed last year. But nobody seems to have a clue about building a Japanese style structure.
Of course, the lovely Mrs_Bob wants a "prairie" barn with brick exterior, 4' eves and limestone planters built up on piers at each corner, with an apartment that has a bath & kitchenette. So the negotiations are FAR FROM OVER and it would really help if I could provide some information on a Japanese style structure other than showing her pictures of famous temples and gardens and saying "just like this, only the size of a 3 or 4 car garage." As of now, she is softening on the concept of the round barn, but doesn't seem to grasp my concept of a traditional Japanese style structure as a barn.
Any thoughts on where I might be able to get plans or photos of a traditional Japanese style structure that is used as a barn or garage?