A real day in my life as a rural architect. No tidying up was done before-hand. There is nothing trendy or flash to see here, far away from metropolitan vanities. This is rural architecture in the raw and in the wild.
Just casually mentions his office is a 12th century building. Like that's completely normal. That's the kind of building that I only dream of ever living in!
Hello, Roger, from the Natural State of Arkansas, U.S.A. I lived in Dallas, Tx. for nearly 20 years but 18 years ago I moved back here to rural Arkansas, where my ancestors settled 200 years ago. Of course, 200 years is brand new compared to the history where you live & work...LOL..., but it still means a lot to me. I am enjoying watching your videos...thanks..!!
Oh my gosh, you remind me of mr. Rogers! The music , your clear speech, your subjects, . Excellent video. Mr. Rogers is a kids show in the U.S.A. only your show is real truthful person. Very good Roger Barnes. God bless you.
just love it you have your office near outside, and i loved the handdrawing, but now it’s all computers here, i had to stop because i have something in my nerves that come from my eyes that doesn’t go with led light; i miss the job enormously
Watching this brings back memories of my best friend who died 2 years ago.......an architect, surveyor, teacher, musician and Yacht Master who spent time on the Arethusa charity project. We talked of my buying a boat as I now live in Morbihan but it wasn't to be before he passed away. 😢 Time to get that boat in his memory I think....
Hi Roger. Found your videos while searching for dinghy related videos and became very pleased to know that you, like me, are also an architect whose work are close related with heritage buildings. Though i already own a 24' sailboat, i'm looking for a towable boat which i can sail or row through the shallow lagoons an rivers near my hometown. Greetings from Porto Alegre, southern Brazil.
A wonderful bunch of videos you have produced Roger. You lead a very envious life and getting the most from it. Your trip planning due to tides is most interesting. Stay safe and healthy in these anxious times. Cheers from Australia.
Thanks Roger..I would agree with ShakespeareCafe...would love to see additional video’s on Architecture and interesting architectural sites in your travels...thx
beautiful video. You’ll never find a Pub in America so brightly lit! It’s proven that people are much more attractive (and relaxed) in a low lighting situation. The 11th century age blows my mind. Nothing that old exists over here. I admire the history and old traditions of your area.
Just so fascinated with this special insight into your life, sir! As a young sailor with an old set of bones, your book informs me well, as well. Thank you!
Thanks Roger this makes me wander why i switched courses away from architecture 30 years ago ha ha. Looks like a good way of life. Amazing building and history you live amoungst.
Great Video. My grandfather was an architect and my dad finished his career doing drafting and project management. I just retired as an accountant and we just moved from a house that was built in 1924. I thought that was old but you got me on that one! Found you watching sailing videos, my family are life long sailors, mostly racing but I have a Montgomery 17 and a SCAMP, first balanced lug!
great roger we must have met, often have a beer in witham, when i come back from brittany, from a timberframe designer and sawyer living in the cote D'armor, escaping the brexit!
"Who will rid me of this troublesome monk?"...Great to see this as a comparison to your lovely sailing videos (which I'm becoming addicted to!) When I was at school I was keen to become an architect. It never happened but watching this I kind of wish I had done!
Found you via your sailing videos -- and you're an Architect.. WOW -- and thanks .. Family has been sailing since the 1890's on the Great Lakes of Ontario and I am a lay residential/commercial Designer (studied Architecture/Landscape at UofT) 1988 to 92 - this was a real surprise and treat. Thank you
I am so glad I stumble upon your channel. Nice work and amazing sailing on your boat. Do you have a face book through which I can contact you.BTW, imagine if one can lift that tar in the main street and put cobble stone back.
I had you down as a Professional Roger. Going by the methods of outfitting your dingy. I thought maybe Lecturer, or Technical Teacher. I appreciate this content as I am in the trade too, although retired. Craft an all things is what it is all about.
How funny that i stumbled upon your channel bc i also love sailing (thank you for your cruising vids) but your riba video made me laugh as i am also an architect! Used to live on lake superior in Marquette, mi, usa. You have a very nice studio!!
Thank you, so fascinating the construction workers still using hand tools and you using a drafting table. Pretty sure the modern stuff is still in use but thank you for keeping it simple, it all still works and one often enjoys doing it that way on a given Sunday.
Fabulous video! Having spent the last two years in Winchcombe it was a very pleasant surprise to see the inside of my favourite house in the town! So wonderful to see the timbers without that terrible black paint that blights so many architectural gems.. Once again your video hits just the right note for late night viewing with my favourite beverage. Thanks Roger.
Wow, your office is 12th century!! That's unreal. I love how you just casually say that "this street is late medieval"...... Over here in Australia, our European history is only a bit over 200 years old and where we are in Queensland anything made of wood from back then is long gone. Our climate, the reactive clay and the termites make sure nothing lasts that long. Of course our indigenous history is tens of thousands of years old but once again it only survives in a form that can't quickly deteriorate such as rock formations, rock art, things like shell middens and most importantly in the stories. We simply don't have the surviving architectural history of the UK and Europe. You are very lucky. The builders back then built things to last.
I follow you on RU-vid and I've seen many of your sailing videos but imagine my surprise when finding out you're an architect! My first career choice was architecture but unfortunately I switched before finishing because you know, life--long story... Anyway, love your channel.
Yes, clients who change their mind while the project is underway on site should expect to pay for it and the realise it cause a delay to the moving in day, ie, clients don't change your mind.
The social aspect of your life is wonderful. Meeting friends in a pub and interacting in that laid back atmosphere is not something everyone can do. I’m from the States and where I live we don’t have anything close to the wonderful surroundings you have.
Hello from a rural architect in Upper South East, South Australia. Here no building is older than 150 years. The average farm is 10,000 acres. I have a 1000 sq km lake so watch your channel with plans of building my own small boat for adventures. regards
Wonderful commute to work Roger and fantastic office building. Does it have that lovely cold & old building feel & smell to it? We have a town not far from us over the border in Suffolk called Lavenham, it has very similar look & vibe to the town where the conversion is taking place. Full of timber framed buildings and the whole village is kept in a way that is sympathetic to their history.
Got your life sorted! That’s the thing to have, a good lifestyle where you commute is minimal and you have the ability to have free time and manage your own workload. Something to aspire towards! More videos about your work would be great you’d be good at the Dan Cruikshank sort of things
What an interesting set of problems you must have melding the very new to the very old. You know here in America we generally avoid that by knocking down our structures before they get old enough to be worth saving. Fifty years is about as old as we let them age - and about the designed lifespan. Keeps the bankers and builders happily employed as each new generation gets to finance their own semi-permanent home rather than inheriting an older well built one.
My practice varies. At present a lot of my work is extending existing houses or occasionally building new ones. From time to time I also design public buildings. But a lot of my work is with old buildings. As my office is in Somerset, this work tends to be in the southwest of England and south Wales.
I thought you lived in the dinghy for a moment, your home and life environs seem almost too ideal ;) mild jealousy, but I'm sure client liaisons add back in a bit of misery ;) pleasant country villages in Britain are very much in danger of being nought more than playgrounds of the rich.
What a beautiful environment. It's such a pity everything will be reduced to crumbling ruins once the accursed Brexit has happened... Great Britain won't be the same.....!
