Brazilian walnut - or ipe as it is more commonly known - is dark brown in colour, with a reddish tint. As it weathers, this turns to a dark grey. The cladding boards come with a chamfered top and a ...

Build above it of course. Adam Knibb Architects designed a timber pod in Winchester, England that floats between two houses to leave room for cars to drive underneath. The new 20-square-metre ...

“When viewed from the road, the vertical timber cladding helps to draw your eye up over the gate through the new extension and to the sky beyond,” said Adam Knibb.

Vertical timber cladding wraps around the building and extends across walls that slope inwards on either side of the glazed elevation, framing views of the nearby water.

Paul de Ruiter Architects designed Villa Schoorl, a solar-powered home built mostly of natural materials in North Holland.

The result is an elegant, monolithic block clad in rough, oil-treated Red Cedar planks, punctuated by minimalist, square black-framed windows. The timber cladding's vertical orientation leads the gaze ...