Medieval history meets modern architecture at Kata Farm, a ninth-century church that now serves as a shelter and exhibition hall in Varnhem, Sweden. Designed by Stockholm-based AIX Arkitekter AB, a new 300-square-meter timber A-frame structure sits atop the remains of Sweden’s oldest Christian church that’s also thought to be the country’s oldest building. Glue-laminated timber was used as the primary material for the new structure. Located on the grounds of Varnhem Abbey, Kata...
from Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building https://inhabitat.com/ruins-of-swedens-oldest-church-put-on-a-new-a-frame-shelter
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