Iconic round barns are harder and harder to find on the Midwestern landscape.  This one was taken down, restored, and put back up on a county fairground.

Just because you can't get FSC certified South American hardwoods to your site that are long enough doesn't mean you can't have big spans.  As long as you are creative with bolsters and keyed beams.

When building in termite prone regions (like Costa Rica), putting your post bottoms in a moat of oil to keep termites from crawling up the timbers isn't that far fetched.

20' plus keyed beam cantilever

Great bracketry on this BC residence.

A barn from the outside, a concert piano hall from the inside.

A barn from the outside, a concert piano hall from the inside.

So much we could say - but, the photo speaks so much more eloquently.

BC Doug fir logs provide a nice contrast to this suburban natural foods grocery store just outside of Frankfurt, Germany.  FTET provided engineering for this log structure, including design of connections and roof framing to support the living roof system.

Barns don't have to be just for agricultural storage.