Hiding in plain sight

A newbuild ‘barn’ not far from the coast matches the surrounding vernacular while being contemporary, bright and airy insideGina Portman’s house is almost impossible to find, hidden down a tree-lined farm track, on the edge of a village somewhere near the English Channel. When you finally navigate past the big industrial gate, wheels crunching on thick gravel, the sight before you is not exactly a cosy cottage. Instead, a big wooden building, with narrow windows giving the impr