150-year-old home preserves cultural ethos
150-year-old home preserves cultural ethos Home Improvement,Art and Culture, Construction Once a trite symbol of the local culture of Busturialdea, Spain, this stone and oak building called ‘Baserri’ stands partially refurbished to serve a contemporary lifestyle, at the expert hands of Bilbao Architecture Team (BAT)… This 150-year-old farmhouse is listed as a historical heritage building located inside the Urdaibai Biosphere in the heart of the Oma Valley, Spain. It stands commandingly in all its splendour of stone walls and oak wood structural elements, typical of Basque countryside buildings, untouched by the vagaries of its immediate surrounds Looking at it, one can hardly tell that a part of this three-storeyed farmhouse, christened Goizko House hosts a contemporary lifestyle within. While the total area of 750 sq. m. is apportioned into the three floors, BAT has refurbished only the south-western half of the home. An interesting and rather paradoxical detail abo...