RIKO FAÇADE The exterior of the Riko house may be enveloped in various façades. The façade type may be selected by the client and, in addition to its decorative visual effect, functions as a protection of the house’s structural units. By intercepting the mechanical damage and weathering caused by wind, rain, humidity, snow, frost, solar radiation, etc., the façades protect the house from exterior influences. The façade also represents the visual character of the house. With the selection of a suitable façade and its correct treatment, the client is ensured long-term satisfaction. WOODEN FAÇADE...

Due to its considerable natural persistence, larch wood is used most often for wooden façades. Larch trees belong among the very resistant and exclusive tree types with high selfprotective characteristics. Thus, it does not require any additional chemical protection. The wood itself forms a protective oxidizing layer on its surface, which efficiently protects it from the exterior influences. Wood exposed to solar radiation turns greyish in time – i.e. gains a patina; however, its physical-mechanical properties are not affected. The wood does not decay. Should we wish to maintain its original...

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technical details

CORNER ENDINGS: ECA.ECB, ECC Detail: JIMBER CLADDING

TIMBER CLADDING

OPEN HORIZONTAL TIMBER EACADE fitting on existing wall

fitting on existing wall

location: vicinty of Ljubljana, Slovenia architecture: Janez Koželj year of construction: 2007 wood: larch - not treated type of cladding: GK3 corner endings: ECD location: vicinity of Ljubljana, Slovenia architecture: Bojan Kapelj year of construction: 2007 location: vicinty of Ljubljane, Slovenia architecture: Zala Kos & Jožica Kuntarič year of construction: 2004 wood: larch - not treated type of cladding: RO 24/70 (H) corner endings: po naročilu wood: larch - not treated type of cladding: RO 28/50 (H); RO 28/100 (V) corner endings: -

location: Ljubljana, Slovenia architecture: Jani Vozelj year of construction: 2006 wood: larch - not treated type of cladding: RO 60/60 (H) corner endings: rounded endings location: Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge,England architecture: NBBJ: Chiaki Tomita year of construction: 2007 wood: larch - not treated type of cladding: on commission - RO 25/35 (V) corner endings: ECB location: London, England architecture: Architects in Residence year of construction: 2006 wood: larch - not treated type of cladding: RO 28/100 (H,V) corner endings: -

location: Trebnje, Slovenia architecture: Tomaž Slak & Klemen Vodnik year of construction: 2007 wood: larch - not treated type of cladding: RO 28/100 (H) corner endings: - location: vicinty of Ljubljana, Slovenia architecture: Tomaž Slak & Klemen Vodnik year of construction: 2007 wood: larch - not treated type of cladding: RO 19/170 (H) corner endings: - location: vicinty of Ljubljane, Slovenia architecture: Alenka Kragelj Eržen year of construction: 2005 wood: larch - not treated type of cladding: NWS; RO 24/70 corner endings: ECB

location: Grosuplje, Slovenia architecture: Petra Čeferin year of construction: 2004 wood: larch - not treated type of cladding: WS corner endings: ECB location: Slovenske Konjice, Slovenia architecture: Jože Komerički year of construction: 2004 wood: larch - not treated type of cladding: KR corner endings: ECB location: Ljubljana, Slovenia architecture: Kaja Lipnik Vehovar year of construction: 2005 wood: larch - not treated type of cladding: RO 24/70 (H) corner endings: -

location: Bordeaux, France year of construction: 2006 wood: larch - not treated type of cladding: GK1 (V); KR (H) corner endings: ECB location: Modena, Italy architecture: ZPZ Partners year of construction: 2004 location: Como, Italy architecture:Carlo Rivi,Eugenio Castiglioni year of construction: 2006 wood: larch - not treated type of cladding: KR (H) corner endings: rounded wood: larch - not treated type of cladding: WS (H) corner endings: ECA

location: Stockholm, Sweden architecture: Olle Rex year of construction: 2006 wood: cedar - not treated type of cladding: RO 19/95 (H) corner endings: - location: Åre, Sweden architecture: Svanström Scherrer year of construction: 2006 wood: coloured spruce (black) type of cladding: KR (H) corner endings: ECB location: Coln Water Park, Cotswolds, GB architecture: Phillipe Starck & YOO arch. year of construction: 2007 wood: larch - not treated type of cladding: RO 28/50 (H), NWS 19/176 (H) corner endings: ECB

location: Maribor, Slovenia architecture: Arhitekturni biro Marinič year of construction: 2009 wood: cedar - not treated type of cladding: on commission corner endings: ECB location: okolica Celja, Slovenia architecture: Superform year of construction: 2008 location: Bled, Slovenia architecture: Ravnikar Potokar d.o.o. year of construction: 2008 wood: larch - not treated type of cladding: on commission corner endings: - wood: cedar - not treated type of cladding: on commission corner endings: -

location: Ljubljana, Slovenia architecture: Jani Vozelj, Spatio d.o.o. year of construction: 2000 wood: coloured spruce (grey) type of cladding: NF (H) corner endings: ECB location: Zürich, Switzerland year of construction: 2007 wood: coloured spruce (pink) type of cladding: WS (H) corner endings: ECB location: Ulm, Germany year of construction: 2001 wood: coloured spruce (red and white) type of cladding: GK1 (V) corner endings: ECD

location: Kranjska Gora, Slovenia architecture: Mladen Treppo year of construction: 2000 wood: coloured spruce (red) type of cladding: WS (H) corner endings: ECB RESTAURANT IN & OUT location: Faenza, Italy year of construction: 2002 wood: coloured spruce (white) type of cladding: WS (H) corner endings: ECB location: Pescara, Italy architecture: Giuseppe Ranieri year of construction: 2005 wood: coloured spruce (white) and larch - not treated type of cladding: WS (H) corner endings: ECB