Come Home to Happy.
Red Barn Architecture, based in Essex, Massachusetts and serving clients throughout New England, is your architectural partner for designing a home that becomes your source for grounding, joy, and inspiration.
Not just listening. Tuned in.
Monologues are boring. Dialogue is dynamic. And it’s what drives our uniquely collaborative, give-and-take process that goes beyond projects to create relationships. We invite in the perspectives that matter most, listening to the land we're building on, the community we're building for, the partners we’re collaborating with—and most importantly, the people whose lives will unfold in this emerging space.
Because when the dust settles, whose voice should echo off the new walls? The ones who sketched them — or the ones who live within them?
By your side,
from handshake to housewarming.
Getting your new home from vision to reality can be daunting, from permitting to finding the right partners, to responding to the environmental challenges that are inevitable today. Consider Red Barn your new best friend. We’re wired for responsiveness, making sure the entire process goes smoothly—and we don’t stop until you’re moved in and loving your new home.
We take great pride in building client partnerships that become lasting friendships.
One way we are by your side?
Making sure you have the right resources.
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Not just beautiful. Buildable.
Because our founder is an architect and a former builder, we design buildings just a little bit differently. Every design detail is thoughtfully considered for its aesthetic value, its practicality, and, most importantly, its buildability. This way, we optimize the construction process, making sure not to waste precious build time by rethinking the details that look beautiful on paper but never make it off the page.
The result? Really great design. Rooted in reality.
Invested in Community.
Growing together.
Ipswich-born and Essex-based, we’re proud to live, work, and give back right here on the North Shore. We seek out local partnerships, play an active role in the community through volunteering, and support causes with a measurable local impact through giving and pro bono architectural services.
It started with a Barn, literally.
Red Barn Founders, Ryan and Caitlin McShera, met at an architecture firm and spent the next seven years renovating an antique house—and a red barn. What began as a neglected 19th-century barn found new life as an architectural practice and a philosophy.
We continue to take inspiration from our namesake. Barns are a perfect balance of form and function. The act of raising a barn is wholly dependent on teamwork and trust. These are qualities Red Barn fosters within our team and qualities that we look for in our partners.