The System / Architecture

Architecture.

The envelope decisions — how the home meets weather, fire, and time. Every assembly listed here carries a current CRRC or WUI Class A listing in fire-rebuild zones, and every cavity insulation here is vapor-open and free of spray foam.

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Exterior Doors & Windows

Aluminum and aluminum-clad wood systems verified to California fire-rebuild standards.

★Fleetwood Series 3070-T

★Vitrocsa

Interior Doors

Full-height flush. Wood-veneer or painted; pivot and track for elevated.

★In-house millwork flush

★Lualdi

Exterior Cladding

Look book

Exterior Cladding

Thermally modified wood, smooth integral stucco, and charred wood. Every assembly is Class A in fire-rebuild zones.

★Smooth integral-color stucco

★Shou sugi ban charred cedar

Roofing

Standing seam metal in Class A finishes; patina paths on zinc and copper.

★Standing seam Galvalume

★VM Zinc or Rheinzink

Insulation

Wood-fiber lead with carbon-negative TimberHP; Rockwool where fire-resistance is critical. No spray foam, no XPS.

★TimberHP TimberBatt + TimberBoard

★Gutex Multitherm / Steico Universal

Waterproofing & WRB

Self-adhered, vapor-open, Red List-compliant. No Blueskin.

★VaproShield WrapShield SA

★Full Red List assembly

Sealants & Adhesives

Zero-VOC defaults; Red List compliant where the assembly demands it.

★AFM Safecoat Caulking Compound

★Pro Clima Contega HF / Orcon F

Concrete

Lower-carbon cement with SCM replacement; CarbonCure where mix and supplier align.

★Type IL Portland-limestone cement

★CarbonCure-injected mix

Subfloor & Sheathing

FSC plywood throughout. No formaldehyde-bound OSB.

★FSC CDX plywood

★FSC plywood, third-party verified

Skylights

Solar-powered fresh air defaults. Custom steel for showpiece moments.

★Velux Solar Powered Fresh Air

★Glas Italia or custom steel-frame

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