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Settled in the late 1800s in Pleasant Grove, Utah, Snuck Farm is still run by the same family but has now transformed from a traditional farmhouse into a community-oriented organization. The farm’s mission it to promote a sustainable lifestyle and to produce fresh, organic food that benefits the entire community. Louise Hill of Louise Hill Design collaborated with Lloyd Architects studio to design a new barn which combines public, private and work spaces.

Sliding glass doors open to reveal the interior of the pool house, which boasts a line of clerestory windows just below the roof.

Though a stylistic break from the white-sided New England farmhouses that dot the forests and pastures of Western Massachusetts, the pool house’s simple, rustic exterior is a modern descendant of the local vernacular. With the area under snow for a quarter of the year, it also prevents Didier from having to join the local Polar Bear Club.

Composed of primarily steel, this prefab home has sufficient outdoor space. Photo by: Daniel Hennessy

guest bathroom with my favorite tile & custom vanity cabinets made by our friend

Masi also turned the miniscule guest quarters into a pool house.

Melanie Maher sunbathes beneath the lattice of a pool house, which is clad in Cor-Ten steel.

Competitive swimmer Sydne Didier commissioned Austin Design Inc. to create a 102-foot-long pool house in a freestanding structure behind her Amherst, Massachusetts, house. Read the full article here.