Design Buy Build Issue 46 2020 | Page 5

NEW-BUILD "Kebony’s environmental credentials and its natural weathered aesthetic made it the ideal material for the exterior cladding of family home." For the exterior, the wood cladding was chosen to not only add a unique aesthetic to the home, but for its sustainability credentials and for having the durability class of a hardwood, with a natural textured, tactile quality. Developed in Norway, Kebony’s revolutionary technology is an environmentally friendly process which modifies sustainably sourced softwoods by heating the wood with furfuryl alcohol - an agricultural by-product. By polymerising the wood’s cell wall, the softwoods permanently take on the attributes of tropical hardwood including high durability, hardness and dimensional stability. Kebony’s environmental credentials and its natural weathered aesthetic made it the ideal material for the exterior cladding of family home. Jennie Maizels added: “Collaborating with Snug Architects to create our new family home has been a passion project, and my daughters and I are really delighted with the final product! Our new home has been made particularly special to us through the use of fantastic products and materials like Kebony, which provides a beautiful and timeless exterior finish and really completes the home’s natural aesthetic.” www.kebony.com 5