Burning Daylight Stables

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Albemarle County, VA

2004 Honor Award - Central Virginia, AIA
2004 Honor Award - Virginia Society, AIA

This stable is representative of high level craftsmanship complimented by some common sense solutions to the care and training of the twenty-eight thoroughbreds housed there. The stables are the home for raising and training these thoroughbreds to be champion racehorses.

  • Completed in July 2002
  • 26,000 sq ft barn
  • Clerestory formed from extended roof trusses with louvered windows to promote natural air ventilation
  • Locally obtained fieldstone for walls, retaining walls and columns
  • Rainwater harvesting, storage and distribution system for cleaning the horses and irrigation
  • Administrative center and observation tower housed within the structure