Systems

Specify the roof. Then the rest of the room follows.

Four families. Every project is a mix of house, sun, span, and how you actually live outside. We will tell you if the one you want is the wrong one.

Looking up through half-open bronze aluminum louvers into a clear California sky

01 · Motorized · rain-tight · year-round

Louvered roof

Adjustable extruded-aluminum louvers, motorized, with integrated drainage. Closed, it is a roof. Open, it is weather and stars.

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A solid insulated patio roof over a dining terrace, deep shade against bright California sun

02 · Watertight · cool · long span

Insulated solid

A true roof: foam-core insulated panels, finished underside, full weather seal. The sun stops at the deck. The room stays usable at two in the afternoon.

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An open lattice pergola with slatted light on limestone and a simple daybed

03 · Open · garden · HOA-friendly

Lattice

An open roof of aluminum or timber slats. Shade without shutting out the sky. The right answer when the room should still feel like a garden.

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A heavy timber patio structure against a cream plaster house with clay tile

04 · Custom wood · historic · painted or oiled

Timber

Heavy timber and finish carpentry for houses that should not wear aluminum. Spanish, Craftsman, ranch, and anything an HOA will only approve in wood.

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