Further information on the Forebay Barn:
The design of this barn went through several stages. The oldest barns are seemingly built just like they were in Switzerland, and as the style developed during the 19th century it adopted features of German and American barns.

On the topic of Swiss buildings, I am planning on making a series of drawing to illustrate what I judge to be its basic techniques -which is difficult because no 2 buildings are exactly the same. If there is any interest I will gladly put them up here for you all to see. It might be a good idea to put up the pictures for the sake of examination, addressing the obvious flaws in the design and any possible errors I may have made. This would likely require 2 sets of drawings, 1 for weatherboarded buildings and one for infilled structures.

I have today and tomorrow off, so I have plenty of time to pursue this task!