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No. 38 Gardens · Modern

Modern Chicken Coop Built with Black Timber

Free-ranging hens wander across pea gravel near a modern chicken coop constructed from black timber and corrugated metal, framed by corten steel raised planters and ornamental grasses under an overcast sky.

Design notes

Modern design is about restraint: clean geometry, a tight material palette and details that disappear into the architecture. Look for long straight edges, large-format paving, flush transitions between inside and out, and planting kept architectural — hedges, grasses and one or two specimen trees.

What to look for

  • Path width and bed width — can you reach and can a wheelbarrow pass
  • Where the water is and how far the kitchen door is
  • Edges and structure that still look good in winter
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