SHOU SUGI BAN / KIME
KIME - The grain revealed.
The KIME family is charred and then brushed back, opening the grain and letting pigment settle into the timber's own movement. The result is a calmer, more architectural surface in a range of colours.
The family
Brushed colour, across every species we char.
Every product below is available as a sample and can be quoted for your project.
KIME Black Larch
Charred, brushed back to the hard growth rings and finished in black. The result is an architectural black façade board with real relief under the han
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KIME Amber Larch
Warm amber pigment over the deeply brushed larch grain. The charred rings stay dark while the softer wood glows, so the board reads as gold and near-b
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KIME Mahogany Larch
A dark red-brown finish on brushed larch. Warmer than black, heavier than amber, and the surface we most often use to bring a new volume alongside bri
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KIME Black Japanese Cedar
Charred, brushed back to the hard growth rings and finished black. The wide ring structure of cedar gives this surface a bold ribbed rhythm that no Eu
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KIME Dark Oak Japanese Cedar
A grounded brown with a cool undertone, laid over the ribbed cedar grain. Dark Oak keeps the drama of the texture but takes the hardness out of the co
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KIME Sand Grey Japanese Cedar
A soft mineral grey over deeply brushed cedar. It reads like timber that has stood in the open for a decade, but with the ring structure lifted and th
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KIME Black Accoya®
Charred, brushed and finished black on acetylated timber. A calm, fine-grained black façade board for projects that want restraint at the surface and
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Timber species
Larch
Dense, resinous and strongly figured, larch is the classic European timber for charred façades. It carries a heavy carbo
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Japanese Cedar
Cryptomeria japonica is the timber the technique was developed for. Light, low in density and rich in natural oils, it c
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Accoya®
Accoya® is acetylated softwood: dimensionally stable, exceptionally durable and almost indifferent to moisture. Charred,
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