fiber cement board

The building exteriors are clad in aluminum, fiber cement board, and high-efficiency glass.

The house is sided with a fiber cement board called Hardiplank, which, along with ordinary stucco, is one of the cheapest siding materials available.

Transite HT, and Transite 1000 are currently available fiber cement boards that contain no asbestos.

Cement board: For the exterior, Neubert skipped stucco and used fiber cement board that has a transparent stain in lieu of paint.

To keep the footprint small, Greg Chasen, a Los Angeles architect, designed a 1,700-square-foot wood-frame house, top left, as two stories clad in corrugated steel and Hardipanel (fiber cement board), which he painted blue.