Carbon By Design has now been acquired by the Carbon Cladding Group
Before finishing their new Okanagan Valley home, a B.C. family set fire to it. Specifically, homeowner Jon Friesen and his father David took the house’s siding – big boards of Douglas fir – and torched each piece to give it a charred, blackened surface. This sounds radical, but is an ancient practice that serves a …
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Will Gamble Architects has updated a house in west London with an extension modelled on a Japanese tea house. Burnt House is an extension to a Victorian house in Fulham featuring a charred wood window seat and gridded glazing. Its design is based on the shoji screen, a facade or room divider in traditional Japanese architecture and …
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Whether you’re ready to build a new wood deck, furniture, or wood wall paneling—or aim to spruce up existing ones—you’ll ultimately want both beauty and longevity. While chemical preservatives can be applied to untreated wood to prolong its life, and stain or paint can enhance visual appeal, these time-consuming treatments must be undertaken separately. So …
ON THE WINDSWEPT southern side of Martha’s Vineyard, at the end of a rural road that emerges from a dark copse of oak trees, sit two austere, inky-black farmhouse-style buildings — a studio and a private residence — that compose Chilmark House. Designed by the New Haven, Conn., firm Gray Organschi Architecture with Aaron Schiller, founder of …
Another building built and another happy customer. This particular project used our 18mm thick Smoked Larch burn.
We are extremely happy to announce that we have won the 2020 Homebuilding and Renovating award for ‘Best Joinery Supplier/ Manufacturer’ at their prestigious awards. These awards are judged by experts in the industry evaluating companies from all over the UK for the very best in service, products, marketing and innovation. We would like to …
Carbon By Design offer a Unique Charred wood Design and Fabrication Service, specialising in Exterior and Interior Cladding Using age old methods and techniques with modern design and natural products we can offer you a finish to meet your requirements or simply choose from one of our high quality stock colours and textures. All our …
Carbon By Design are pleased to be able to offer national in-house distribution for the smaller orders, once again keeping costs down to a minimum. For more details please get in touch with our sales team on – 0800 206 2256
Carbon By Design are incredibly honoured to have been shortlisted for the 2020 Best Joinery Supplier/Manufacturer at the Homebuilding and Renovating Awards. Our team will be attending the awards ceremony at the end of March at the NEC – wish us luck!
Carbon by design are pleased to announce we have won a top exhibitor award form homebuilding and renovating show cementing our place as THE leading supplier of Yakasugi (Sugi Ban) (Charred timber) in the UK.
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