The wood finishing technique known as shou sugi ban has caught on like wildfire in recent years, popping up in all kinds of architectural projects where a deep, dramatic hue is desired.

Their color provides an ... or charcoal shade were paint (fated to peel) or stain (likely to fade). No more. The Japanese art of charred wood—known as shou sugi ban—is making inroads in ...

The shows sugi ban siding on the Groundswell House in Nova Scotia which makes it maintenance free ... More and attractive. The house was designed by Solterre Design. Shou Sugi Ban (which ...

Anthony Esteves’s Spruce Head home features pine shou sugi ban boards on the addition and clapboards coated with a Japanese-style, fermented soot-based paint on the main volume ... maintains its sable ...

Photo: Derek Swalwell The timber’s crackled charcoal finish has been achieved with a technique known as shou sugi ban or yakisugi – a traditional method of preserving wood believed to have ...