They feature low - maintenance Siberian
larch cladding on a rigid box - section steel chassis.
Except for the concrete slab foundation, the entire house is built from CLT with insulation inside and out and
the larch cladding acting as a rain screen.
The design specified cedar
larch cladding on the external walls, combining aesthetics with sustainability and durability, while anthracite aluminium windows and doors were selected to co-ordinate with the existing building.
Not exact matches
The exterior
cladding will be fire protected Siberian
larch in a tongue and groove finish.
Designboom also notes that «thermal protection in the winter is provided by
larch planks on the exterior
cladding» but in fact if you look at the details it is really decorative, fastened to the outside of the insulation envelope surrounding the CLT.
Here the structure is steel and the wood, untreated
larch, is used as
cladding only.
Architect Jenny Wyness chose cross-laminated timber — a smart engineered timber product which turns dimensional lumber into strong, rigid, dimensionally stable structural timber panels — for the building's structure, alongside sustainably - sourced Scottish
larch for the
cladding, and corrugated galvanised steel roof sheeting, which is «a cheap, traditional roofing material in the area.»
Similarly the
Larch sleeper
cladding to the north elevation is robust, and emphasises the long, low nature of this elevation, leading the eye to the hills in the distance.
The
larch - wood
cladding on these walls not only brings nature into this home, but also helps to tie the dining room and living room together.