Outdoor, Trees, Front Yard, Walkways, Hardscapes, and Gardens Tasked with creating a multi-use guest pavilion on a relatively small Northern California vineyard lot that could also host sit down dinners for up to 60 people, designers at Anderson Architects started by asking the key questions:  “Where should it be within the property?”  “How much floor area do we need for a 60 person dinner?” “How much volume do we need for a basketball court?”  “We also always tell ourselves to look at the landscape first, let it dominate and lead it through. The building took the form of a large Napa Valley barn.  Photo 15 of 20 in 20 Modern American Farmhouses That Update Tradition from Napa Barn

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Tasked with creating a multi-use guest pavilion on a relatively small Northern California vineyard lot that could also host sit down dinners for up to 60 people, designers at Anderson Architects started by asking the key questions: "Where should it be within the property?" "How much floor area do we need for a 60 person dinner?" "How much volume do we need for a basketball court?"  "We also always tell ourselves to look at the landscape first, let it dominate and lead it through. The building took the form of a large Napa Valley barn."