For avid gardeners, the ultimate luxury is a designated garden shed for corralling tools and accessories; preferably with a utility sink for tidying up. Here’s a roundup of a few outbuildings spotted in the portfolios of architects we admire.
Wirth Architekten

StudioErrante Architetture

Formerly used to store firewood, the shed had ventilated walls, which made wood dry faster. StudioErrante came up with a plan to rebuild the shed and add some features to it that would be useful not only to the owners, but also to neighbors whose property abutted the courtyard.
Helen Lucas

Above: For this “posh potting shed,” Edinburgh architect Helen Lucas used a simple palette of materials: cedar boarding (for the external cladding), aluminum (roof and roof structure), and glass (double-glazed timber-framed windows and doors). See more in Architect Visit: A “Posh” Potting Shed by Helen Lucas.
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