Architecture
-
Fujimori’s Shou Sugi Ban Technique
From Austrian TV, watch a interesting newscast segment during which renowned Japanese architect Terunobu Fujimori demonstrates the Shou Sugi Ban (also known as yakisugi in Japan) technique in his architecture workshop.
-
Traditional Shou Sugi Ban Overview from Japanese TV
From the fascinating and surreal world of Japanese television, watch a basic overview of the traditional Shou Sugi Ban technique (also called yakisugi in Japan).
-
Touring a Shou Sugi Ban Factory
This technique to give wood siding fire resistance has some beautiful qualities including an alligator skin finish. See a tour in the Delta Millworks factory in Austin, TX where it’s made.
-
How Homeowners Decide to Use Shou Sugi Ban Siding
Shou sugi ban, the increasingly popular Japanese technique for treating siding, was used on the Flexhouse in Portland, Oregon. This video features the home’s owner Ajna Lichau and Ray Anthony Barrett talking about their decision to use and their process for implementing this technique. The house was designed by Michele Jeresek (Architect, Departure Design) and built by JRA Greenbuilding.
-
Wowed by Shou Sugi Ban in the W Boston’s Redesign
If there is any beauty in destruction then it is found in shou sugi ban. This traditional Japanese method of weathering and preserving wood by charring became trendy in America over the past couple of years, and falls in line with a desire for aged decorative elements. But shou sugi ban’s rumpled black tarry finish has an element of chaos — something violent happened to this wood — and a mysterious Gothic quality. A good example of shou sugi ban is seen in the newly finished charred wood walling in the lobby lounge of the W Boston. Paired with granite columns, it is raw and earthy, yet suavely playful. The…
