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![Going rural. Conversion in Belgium.
Going rural. Conversion in Belgium.](https://www.floornature.com/media/photos/38/8976/10_going-rural-conversion-in-belgium_home_sez.jpg)
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(ph. Johan Jacobs)
We often hear that country life has its own indisputable charm, but who is actually willing to give up the advantages of infrastructure and its convenience?
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(ph. Tim van de Velde)
Luckily, many of the modern architectural concepts do cover this desire to go back to the country, to engage with nature, in a completely contemporary style.
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(ph. Johan Jacobs)
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(ph. Tim van de Velde)
Antwerp-based architecture firm, by Italian architect Giuseppe Farris has come up with Lennik Farmhouse as a space for this return to country life, combining all the glamour of an inner city loft with local materials and close contact with the environment.
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(ph. Tim van de Velde)
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(ph. Johan Jacobs)
Project: Studio Farris Architects
Location: Lennik, Brussels, Belgium
Year: 2013
Photography: Tim van de Velde, Johan Jacobs (as described)