Vancouver · August 2026
Modern infill, black vertical cladding
A modern infill home built as stacked volumes: black vertical cladding on the ground-floor bay, white panel boxes, a dark-bronze vertical-clad volume on top, and a clear cedar tongue-and-groove soffit running under the entry overhang. The materials are kept to strong, separate blocks so the house reads as a composition rather than a surface. Photographed complete in August, in the last hour of light.
- Location
- Vancouver, BC
- Building
- Custom home · modern infill with black and dark-bronze vertical cladding, white panel volumes and a cedar entry soffit
- Status
- Complete
- Photographed
- August 2026
Our scope
What we did here
- Black vertical cladding on the ground-floor bay, dark-bronze vertical cladding on the upper volume
- White panel cladding on the middle volumes
- Clear cedar tongue-and-groove soffit under the entry overhang, with recessed lighting
- Black slat screen at the porch
On site
The work, up close.
Worth knowing
How do three materials stay calm on one house?
By giving each one a whole volume. The black cladding stops at a corner, the white panel starts, and the dark-bronze cladding is one box on top. None of them share a wall. That discipline is what makes a modern exterior look designed instead of busy, and it means every material change is a real corner with real flashing behind it.
Why cedar at the entry?
Because it is the one place people stand still and look up. A black-and-white house can feel cold at the door; a clear cedar soffit with recessed lights turns the overhang into a warm ceiling. It is also protected under the roof, so it keeps its colour with little upkeep.
Materials
What it’s made of.
Vertical cladding, black and dark bronze
Narrow vertical profile on the ground-floor bay and again on the top volume, bracketing the white boxes between them.
Panel cladding, white
Smooth panel on the middle volumes with the reveals kept in line around each corner.
Clear cedar tongue-and-groove
The one warm surface, on the underside of the entry overhang where you walk beneath it.
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