The Barn House, Belgium, by Buro2
  
The Barn House, Belgium, by Buro2: exterior
  
The Barn House, Belgium, by Buro2: exterior
  
The Barn House, Belgium, by Buro2: view of the surrounding countryside
  
The Barn House, Belgium, by Buro2: the deck
  
The Barn House, Belgium, by Buro2: outside dining
  
The Barn House, Belgium, by Buro2: the office
  
The Barn House, Belgium, by Buro2: the kitchen
  
The Barn House, Belgium, by Buro2: the bedroom
  
The Barn House, Belgium, by Buro2: the bedroom
  
The Barn House, Belgium, by Buro2: the bathroom
  
The Barn House, Belgium, by Buro2: the hallway
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Ellie Stathaki is the Architecture & Environment Director at Wallpaper*. She trained as an architect at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in Greece and studied architectural history at the Bartlett in London. Now an established journalist, she has been a member of the Wallpaper* team since 2006, visiting buildings across the globe and interviewing leading architects such as Tadao Ando and Rem Koolhaas. Ellie has also taken part in judging panels, moderated events, curated shows and contributed in books, such as The Contemporary House (Thames & Hudson, 2018), Glenn Sestig Architecture Diary (2020) and House London (2022).
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