Set to launch on Monday, May 15th, the new KEBONY products combine the breathtaking contemporary designs from reSAWN TIMBER co. with high-performance Kebony® exterior siding and decking. Originating out of Norway, Kebony “…aims to be the leading wood brand and technology organization” through proven wood modification techniques.

Ahead of the launch of reSAWN’s newest addition to its product offering, we’ve put together a list of 7 reasons to specify reSAWN’s Kebony products on your next project.

Like most industries in the modern business landscape, the architectural and design industry is placing ever-increasing importance on sustainability. It simply isn’t enough to build or design a beautiful structure or space in 2017; it’s essential to consider the long lasting implications of every facet of the design process. With certifying bodies like the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), LEED, Cradle2Cradle, Living Building Challenge, the WELL Building Standard, and numerous others, architects, designers, manufacturers, and builders are considering the well-being of building inhabitants and the conscious maintenance of natural resources with newfound diligence.

Video Source: The Danish Wood Initiative

When thinking about wood as a sustainable building material, many people jump to the idea that manufacturing a finished wood product causes mass deforestation, a decrease of the total number of trees, and an increase of total carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere. On the surface, it seems to be sound logic to think that more wood products equal more environmental harm, but wood is a living material that maintains the carbon dioxide it absorbed into its trunk as a tree throughout its product lifecycle as a building material.

Introducing the newest addition to the PLATEAU collection :: TARANTELLA by reSAWN TIMBER co. features the refined grain pattern of our rift & quarter sawn white oak for flooring and wall cladding. This vertical-grain lends added stability to the QUARTER & RIFT SAWN boards making them less likely to cup or crown, making TARANTELLA ideal for wood flooring over radiant heat or concrete subfloors.

You can now find reSAWN TIMBER co.’s products on Designer Pages - a website devoted to helping designers find great products.

Location:
Menlo Park, CA

Architect:
Gensler – San Francisco

Flooring:
reSAWN TIMBER co. – EXPATS collection
AMITY – euro white oak – original cut
character grade – prefinished with matte polyurethane, voids filled
Tongue & Groove, Endmatched, Microbeveled Edges and Ends
Engineered: 5/8” thick (4mm wear layer) X 7” wide X 2-10’ random lengths

reSAWN is pleased to announce the latest offering from our CHARRED collection – 4 exciting new shou-sugi-ban charred wood flooring designs.  reSAWN’s CHARRED FLOORING features original cut wide plank white oak burnt in the Japanese style of shou sugi ban and prefinished with a zero-VOC hardwax oil.

ZEN: shou sugi ban charred flooring