Automatic Mills Grain Silo Conversion / Prokš Přikryl architects (Czech republic)

So much old school brickwork and symmetrical design in this 100+ yr old bldg. Look for all the breaks in pattern, heavy & light, rhythm, solid & void.

Here’s slightly edited except from current architects: The Automatic Mills is one of the first buildings designed by the architect Josef Gočár. Standing on the banks of the Chrudimka River in the center of Pardubice, the monumental mill building was created in 1909 for the Winternitz brothers. In 1924, the complex was extended to include a grain silo. The automatic mills operated continuously for more than 100 years until 2013. Since 2016 it has acted as a cultural site. More here.

Guest House - Glenn Murcutt 1992 (Australia)

Below is an excerpt (via Atlas of Places) of Murcutt describing the transformation of this tiny dwelling.

“I had kept the building as I thought that one day I might restore it, making planning changes. It was a rural worker’s flat and tractor shed, located to the south and below the main house. At Christmas, this shed was the local dance hall. Some of the floor was propped in the 1930s and 40s. The old flooring boards are thick and oversized, with oil stains all over them. The shell was in a deteriorated condition.

I very much enjoyed taking an existing seat-of-the-pants farm shed, reusing materials and restoring and reworking some elements. And it is still a shed, but now very comfortable. All the material is reused from the shed or recycled from a pergola that was pulled down from the house. Inside, the original timber boards forming the walls have been sanded.

The small shower room and toilet are lined externally in Miniorb. The shower space works well. There is no corner mullion, and when the adjacent windows are open, the corner dissolves. With the windows open, you feel at one with the landscape.

I wanted to create as much space as possible and visually relate to the house and the landscape. For me there is an appeal in the minimalism which provides for the essence of living, using an existing shed with a clip-on shower room and toilet. It’s just one room, simple.”