Dutch barn

noun

1. a farm building consisting of a steel frame and a curved roof

Example Sentences

As the sun descended over Inness that Saturday, Mr. Somer was taking in the golden-hour view of the grounds from a flax-colored armchair in the Inness lounge, discussing the Danish sensibility of its lime-wash walls and the utilitarian design of the building itself, which he described as a “a wormhole between an old 17th-century Dutch barn and a brand-new Swiss minimalist museum.”

From New York Times

Great room, dining room, screened porches, Dutch barn gambrel roof, detached garage with guest apartment.

From Washington Times

It might be anything from lace to a Dutch barn; the fascination is with the act of making, which parallels the poet's own craft.

From The Guardian

They bought it for a few hundred dollars, took it apart and laid it out in a field, where it remained for a few years while Mr. Handelsman, who became something of a Dutch barn scholar, learned how to put it back together.

From New York Times

Rather, the idea is to keep the many layers and enhance them and their structures; a rustic Dutch barn imported to the site by Horniman and a Townsend-designed bandstand have been restored.

From The Guardian