Modern Farmhouses

July 27, 2026

Is this $4M NJ farmhouse your ‘Green Acres’?

Just 50 miles beyond New York City, this bucolic 10-acre property at 89 Fairmount Road West is home to By Pond Farm, a four-bedroom home that looks to be part modern farmhouse, part Adirondack lodge. But it's not in the Adirondacks (it's in Tewksbury Township, New Jersey), and though it offers every modern comfort, the original home was constructed in 1900. Recent renovations (as seen in House Beautiful) have brought what the listing refers to as a "gentleman's farm" into the 21st century with state-of-the-art appliances in the kitchen, a movie theater, and a saltwater pool. There's even a glass elevator. In addition to the farmhouse, the property, asking $3,995,000, features a party barn, a pond, outbuildings and barns, and beautifully landscaped grounds.
is by pond farm the place to be?
August 19, 2014

Levenbetts’ CCO1 House Leaves a Modern Mark on an Upstate Agricultural Field

When you think farmhouse, images of red barns and wooden fences probably come to mind. But the CCO1 House by Levenbetts couldn't stray farther from this nostalgic vision; and that's a good thing. Built in the middle of an agricultural field in Columbia County, New York, this contemporary home was designed to work around the site's existing linear grooves, etched into the rolling hills from years of farming. The organization, cladding, and details all take the topography into account, and the house steps up from east to west to follow the contour of the land.
Plenty more design details are ahead