Press & Awards

Orcas House : Editor’s Choice: 2024 Residential Architect Design Awards

Architectural Products

Gendai : 2024 Architectural Products Innovation Awards

Architectural Products

Gendai : 2024 i&S Product Innovation Awards

i&S Design

Gendai : BUILDINGS Magazine 2024 Products Innovation Awards

BUILDINGS

Seattle Lakehouse : 2024 BCDA Merit: Black Pine House and Cabin

Builder Online

Sugi Unoiled : Walls & Wallcoverings – 2024 Architect’s Newspaper Product Awards

Architect’s Newspaper

Hinoki Moulder Blanks : Interior Surfaces – 2024 Architect’s Newspaper Product Awards

Architect’s Newspaper

Gendai : Exterior Siding – 2024 MVP Pro Builder Awards

Pro Builder

Gendai : Cladding – 2024 Architzer A+ Awards Finalst

Architizer

Gendai : 2023 Facade Cladding of the Year – Archello

Archello

Sugi Weathering Stain : 2023 Grand Award – Builder Magazine

Builder Magazine

Gendai : 2023 Best of Products Awards – Paint & Coating

Architect’s Newspaper

Torched and Porched

Fine Homebuilding

An Angular Black Home Finds Harmony With Its Surrounding Meadow

dwell

7 Products for Better Building

Metropolis Magazine

This Multigenerational Home Near Carmel Is a Slice of Prefab Paradise

dwell

Searching for Survivability at IBS 2025

JLC Online

Yakisugi Siding

JLC Online

Room to Bloom: Weaverville home brims with stylish yet livable choices

Carolina Home + Garden

Interior and Exterior Finishing Details for a 1950s Ranch-Style Home

Fine Homebuilding

Front Yard Fence Ideas – 7 stylish modern and heritage designs, including an ancient Japanese technique you can use on timber

Homes & Gardens Magazine

Charred Wood Cladding Is Offered in Three Distinct Variations

Retrofit Magazine

Japanese Cypress Cladding That Needs Minimal Maintenance

BUILDINGS

Gendai by Nakamoto Forestry (2024 PIA Winner)

i&S Design

Nakamoto Forestry’s Carbon-Negative Cladding to Display at Greenbuild 2024

Building Enclosure

What is Shou Sugi Ban?

GB&D Magazine

New Ceiling & Wall Products for Fall 2024

Architectural Record

The Outhouse Gets a Major Makeover at a Washington Campsite

Azure Magazine

Ceiling, Cladding Product Offers Sustainability

Qualified Remodeler

Sugi Unoiled Carbon-Negative Wood

Architectural Products

Tour an Architecturally Dramatic East Hampton Retreat

Hamptons Cottages & Gardens

The Insider: Central Light Well Organizes Space in Greenpoint Row House Gut

Brownstoner

Nakamoto Forestry’s Sugi Unoiled captures the timeless essence of ancient Japanese Cypress

Wood & Panel Europe

They Brought a Touch of Japan to Their Lakeside Renovation

Dwell

13 Simpler, Smarter Building Products

Metropolis Magazine

A Clever Indoor-Outdoor Bathroom Space in Kirkland

425 Magazine

Love The Look Of Charred Wood Siding? You May Be Seeing More Soon

Luxe Magazine

The Boat House

Portrait Magazine

Last Detail: Shou Sugi Ban Siding Adds Natural Appeal to Wisconsin Home

Builder Magazine

Kate Smith Clads Own Wisconsin Home in Two Tones of Wood

Dezeen

Tour a Serene Amagansett House That’s Oriented Around a Central Pool

Architectural Digest

Fuller/Overby’s Lakeside House Strikes up a Conversation Between the Whole and its Parts

Architectural Record

SVART HUS Embraces Wabi-Sabi Through Multi-Dimensional Shou Sugi Ban Siding

Archello

‘Svart Hus’ in Wisconsin embraces Japanese and Scandinavian design principles

designboom

The House Was in Bad Shape. But It Was on a Lake in Seattle.

The New York Times

Shou Sugi Ban is a Bold and Fireproof Design Technique

Bend Magazine

These timber case studies demonstrate how the material can be used for inside and out

Architect’s Newspaper

Franzen House is clad in Shou Sugi Ban charred timber

Wallpaper Magazine

What is Shou Sugi Ban?

Timber Home Living

How to Increase Energy Efficiency and Sustainability Performance with William Beleck of Nakamoto Forestry

Medium / Authority Magazine

Project of the Week: A Designer Uses Charred Wood Siding for a Home Expansion

PRODUCTS for Residential Construction Professionals

Laneway House / Alex Glegg Design

Archdaily

Exterior and Interior Building Materials: Find out what’s new in the world of hardware, windows, siding, and more

Cottages & Gardens

Explore The Art Of Japanese Yakisugi Charred Wood Siding

Aspire Design & Home

Bring Tradition to Your Home with Yakisugi: The Japanese Method of Preserving Cedar

S / Magazine

The Latest Design Trend: Black and Burned Wood Bring Tradition to Your Home with Yakisugi: The Japanese Method of Preserving Cedar

New York Times