Space utilized as an event space in connection with Willoughby Design Group's work as a graphic design firm and business identity consultant.
View MoreLessAnn Willoughby desired a structure to complement her existing 1880s farmhouse on her working farm outside of Kansas City, Mo. She utilizes the structure as an event space in connection with her design firm, Willoughby Design Group. Aside from the industrial and agricultural functions that comprise the entire lower level of the barn, the project included an open event space, an insulated and climate controlled utility/washroom area and a sleeping loft. The barn frame, purchased by the client in the spring of 1998, was originally located in Highland, Kansas. Carefully sited in its new home, the barn is sheathed in corrugated copper and fiberglass panels. The barn’s flexible space has hosted everything from company retreats and weddings to national conferences and seminars. Willoughby Design liked it so much they based their brand identity off its iconic form.
- 1999
- Architect
- Weston, MO
- 2,750 SF
Client
- Ann Willoughby
Eldo Team
- Chris Burk
- Dan Maginn
- Josh Shelton
Collaborators
- Contractor: Red Barn Construction
Awards
- 2000 AIA Kansas City Young Architects Forum - Merit Award
- 2002 AIA Kansas City Design Excellence Awards - Honor Award
- 2004 AIA Central States Region Design Awards - Merit Award
Press
- Inhabitat, Bridgette Meinhold, “Reclaimed Materials From A Missouri Barn Becomes Dynamic Design Event Space,” 2011
- Archdaily, Kelly Minner, “Willoughby Design Barn / El Dorado,” 2011
- Kansas City Star Magazine, Stacy Downs, “The Ann Willoughby Experience,” 2009
- Cabana de Arquitectura Vernacula a Contemporanea, Anna Vicens, “Granero de Willoughby-Design,” 2008
- ReMaterial Del desecho a la arquitectura, Alejandro Bahamón, Maria Camila Sanjinés, “Willoughby Design Barn,”2008
- International Houses Atlas, Casey C. M. Matthewson, “Willoughby Barn,” 2007
- Kansas City Star, Cindy Hoedel, “Barn Receives Lofty Honor,” 2005
- Naujas Namas, Leva Jaskutelyte, “Made by el dorado,” 2004
- New Wood Architecture, Ruth Slavid, “Willoughby Barn,” 2005
- Iowa Architects, Channing Swanson, “2004 Central States Region Merit Award,” 2004
- Architectural Record, Charles Linn, “The Timber-framed Willoughby Barn by El Dorado Sprouts Fresh Roots in Missouri Tobacco Country,” 2003
- 2nd Home Living, Zim Loy, “Trip to Bountiful,” 2002
- Kansas City Home Design, Kelly Douglas Brooks, “A Secluded Farmhouse in Weston,” 2002
- Ingrams, “AIA Kansas City Winners,” 2002
- HOW Magazine, Jeffrey Goldfarb, “A Designer-style Barn Raising,” 2001
Photography
- Mike Sinclair
