Trees Surround This Brand-New Catskills Home Seeking $2.5M

The courtyard house syncs with its two-plus-acre site with wood cladding, exposed timber rafters, and large picture windows.
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Torn between composite and timber cladding? This is how they compare on key factors and how you can tell which is right for your home

Cladding is a sought-after solution on renovation and extension projects across the UK. But with composite and timber both popular options, how do they actually compare? Both types of cladding have ...
Building

Fears of fresh crisis as London council finds unsafe plastic cladding on 600 homes

Barnet Council alerts DLUHC to risks posed by timber-frame homes fitted with UPVC panels Barnet Council has discovered that hundreds of its low-rise timber-frame homes were fitted with plastic ...
Inhabitat

Charred timber cladding and a green roof connect this Victorian-era home to nature

To embrace indoor/outdoor living, this Victoria-era house in London is outfitted with a handsome new extension wrapped in Shou Sugi Ban cladding. Designed by Neil Dusheiko Architects, the Black Ridge ...
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UK implements a flammable cladding ban, but hits timber too

After a fire ravaged the Grenfell tower block in Western London last June, killing 72 and leaving hundreds homeless, an in-depth investigation was launched into the cause of the fire and why it spread ...
Dezeen

Madam Architectuur updates Belgian bungalow with red-timber cladding

Brussels studio Madam Architectuur has renovated and extended a bungalow near Aalst, updating its exterior with bright red-painted timber that is "striking yet modest". Named Charlotte, the low-slung ...
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Mass timber buildings could face height restrictions in U.K. over Grenfell fears

Government officials in England are poised to take an ax to the tall timber trend by moving to lop the maximum height of wood-framed residential buildings and hotels from six stories to just three or ...