So instead of the clapboard siding or shingles common in the region, the architects of this house in upstate New York devised a rain screen of Atlantic white cedar that floats four-and-a-half inches off the structure. The clever cover allows the house to breathe, drains away moisture, and conceals the “cheap and hideous foam” covering the house’s multilayered insulation sandwich. Photo 5 of 5 in Asymmetrical Homes by Luke Hopping

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So instead of the clapboard siding or shingles common in the region, the architects of this house in upstate New York devised a rain screen of Atlantic white cedar that floats four-and-a-half inches off the structure. The clever cover allows the house to breathe, drains away moisture, and conceals the “cheap and hideous foam” covering the house’s multilayered insulation sandwich.