Shou Sugi Ban House

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The Shou Sugi Ban House features horizontal wood siding, a sloped standing seam metal roof, and a landscaped yard with a wood privacy fence.

Shou Sugi Ban House is a renovation by 361 Architecture of a 1970s ranch-style home in the South Bay. The project focused on addressing the original structure’s dark interiors, inefficient layout, and limited storage while opening up the house to long western views over an adjacent nature preserve. The clients requested a modern layout with a sense of warmth, better access to the outdoors, and spaces suitable for entertaining. The reconfiguration moved the kitchen and expanded the living and dining areas. The former flat ceiling was replaced with a vaulted, gabled form, and a large, four-pane sliding glass door links the interior to a new rear deck, connecting the main spaces with the landscape. Exterior finishes include Shou Sugi Ban cypress—a Japanese charring technique chosen for its longevity and resistance—as well as painted horizontal siding. Energy upgrades feature solar panels and a Tesla battery backup, while indoor materials remain understated, such as the hot rolled steel fireplace surround. The house is set in a drought-tolerant garden of native California plants.

Architect
361 Architecture
Images
16
Style
Contemporary, Mid-Century Modern, Minimalist
Materials
Blackened Steel, Cedar, Glass, Quartz, Standing-Seam Metal
Features
Balcony, Black Window Frames, Cantilever, Corner Windows, Courtyard
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