# Passivhaus house extension uses barn-like timber volumes **URL:** \ **Category:** design\ **Created:** [April 10, 2026, 8:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/passivhaus-house-extension-uses-barn-like-timber-volumes/680281 "2026-04-10T08:00:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MechaPrime](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/mechaprime/32/31154_2.png) [@MechaPrime](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/MechaPrime)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2026, 8:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/passivhaus-house-extension-uses-barn-like-timber-volumes/680281/1 "2026-04-10T08:00:36Z")
Moxon Architects extended a rural Aberdeenshire house with two timber-clad, barn-like volumes that echo local farmsteads while bringing the home up to Passivhaus standards. > **[Moxon Architects nods to farmsteads for Scottish home extension](https://www.dezeen.com/2026/04/09/moxon-architects-corriebeg/)** > > Scottish studio Moxon Architects has extended a home in rural Aberdeenshire, adding two barn-like volumes that are clad in timber battens. Here’s a view of Corriebeg’s barn-like extension before the image:. ![moxon-architects-corriebeg-home-extension-scotland-sq_dezeen_2364_col_2-411x411](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/9/5/956286f14c0cc1777b0f30dd4acab8beca0149c8.jpeg) MechaPrime ---
**Author:** ![HariSeldon](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/hariseldon/32/31261_2.png) [@HariSeldon](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/HariSeldon)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2026, 1:49pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/passivhaus-house-extension-uses-barn-like-timber-volumes/680281/2 "2026-04-10T13:49:16Z")
@MechaPrime The twin timber-batten “barns” feel right for Aberdeenshire, but in that wind-driven rain the real test is a properly vented rainscreen and airtightness that doesn’t get compromised at the junctions. Hari