New Building Materials: Recycling Wind Turbine Blades for Barn Concrete

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As equine architects, our work often involves balancing durability, safety, and sustainability. Building barns and equestrian facilities requires materials that are not only strong and safe but also environmentally responsible. Traditional materials like concrete offer strength and reliability, but they can come with environmental drawbacks. Now, an innovative approach—recycling old wind turbine blades into concrete—presents a promising alternative for sustainable barn construction.

Why Recycle Wind Turbine Blades?

Wind turbines play an essential role in generating clean energy, helping reduce carbon emissions and combat climate change. Unfortunately, they do not last forever- typically, wind turbines […]

Considerations for Selection and Maintenance of Optimal Riding Footing

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Considerations for Selection and Maintenance of Optimal Riding Footing

Choosing and Maintaining the Best Riding Footing: Key Tips

Riding arenas and round pens are vital spaces for equestrians, offering controlled environments for training, practice, and bonding with horses. The quality of footing within these areas significantly impacts the safety, performance, and overall well-being of both the horse and rider, and directly influences the horses’ movement, balance, and comfort. Below are a few tips to help you select the right footing for your needs and ensure proper maintenance of your equestrian surfaces.

Adequate Footing Material and Surface:

The choice of footing material depends […]

7 KEY CONSIDERATIONS WHEN BUILDING YOUR DREAM BARN

7 Key Considerations When Building Your Dream Barn

7 Key Considerations for Building Your Dream Barn

As architects, we are frequently asked what makes a great barn design. And while aesthetics are important, there are several crucial factors that must be considered to prioritize the well-being of horses, providing them with a secure, comfortable, and healthy environment, while also ensuring functional and practical spaces for their handlers. These considerations apply whether you are planning a grand, state-of-the-art facility or a cozy personal barn!

Here are 7 key features we carefully consider when building or renovating stables in collaboration with our clients:

Choosing a Weather Vane for Your Barn

Choosing a Weather Vane for Your Barn

How to Choose the Perfect Weather Vane for Your Barn

Weather vanes, also known as weathervanes, wind vanes, or weather cocks, have been used for centuries to indicate the direction of the wind. Mounted as a fixture on barns and other buildings, weather vanes are practical tools that help farmers and ranchers make decisions about planting, harvesting, and other agricultural activities. As they gained popularity, these simple yet elegant devices became valuable decorative instruments that can add a classic and elegant touch to a building or facility. If you’re looking to add a weather vane to your […]

Horse Kicks – Designer Shoes for Your Horse

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Designer Shoes for Your Horse

Horse Kicks: Stylish Designer Shoes for Your Horse

With holiday shopping season officially underway, why not splurge on a new pair of matching sneakers for you and your horse?

It is finally happening – horses can now wear designer shoes! Although hoof boots have been around for a while, the new designer kicks on the market are designed by hand and custom made for each horse to fit any breed and discipline.

The mastermind behind this new concept is Marcus Floyd, a Lexington (Kentucky) based shoe designer and pioneer in this new genre of footwear. Floyd studied […]

Straw Bale Construction – The Right Fit for Your Barn?

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Supply Chain and Logistics Challenges on Equine Architecture Projects

Equilume: Enhancing Your Barn for Healthier, Happier Horses

Straw bale buildings can be an incredible eco-friendly methodology to build a barn structure, storage facility, or personal residence. With the green building movement’s rapid rise, more people are looking at this construction system to bring their dream facility come to life. While it takes a bit of skill and craftmanship, many owners opt for a self-building technique as a relatively inexpensive solution that requires limited assistance from professional construction companies.

We have compiled a few considerations for your straw bale construction project:

A Green, Esthetic […]

The Impact of Supply Chain and Logistics Challenges on Equine Architecture Projects

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The Impact of Supply Chain and Logistics Challenges on Equine Architecture Projects

Supply Chain Challenges in Equine Architecture Projects

The covid-19 pandemic has rocked the logistics world to its core and has uncovered many vulnerabilities in the US and global supply chains, impacting nearly every industry. Unfortunately, the equestrian community has not been immune to it. Architecture and barn design projects require collaborating with clients to purchase the best and safest material to make their vision come to life, and sourcing products from first and second tier suppliers overseas is a necessity in our day-to-day activities.

Unfortunately, due to the current covid-19 related shipping delays and […]

How to Include a Chicken Coop in Your Barn

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How to Include a Chicken Coop in Your Barn

Given current global trends and an increased collective consciousness to become more environmentally responsible, many people seek less impactful ways of living. Keeping chickens in your barn and collecting fresh eggs can be a fun and rewarding activity, while contributing to a more sustainable lifestyle. Shown below are a few tips to include a chicken coop in your barn design:

Should You Buy or Build Your Chicken Coop?

If you have decided to keep chickens at your barn, you will need to build an adequate shelter. Chickens are especially vulnerable to predators and adverse weather, therefore finding a […]

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