Designing a masterpiece: find inspiration with James Hardie

Whether your dream home aesthetic embraces the clean lines of a modern pavilion or the traditional aesthetic of an urban villa, James Hardie offers flexible solutions for any design brief.

Made to withstand the harsh New Zealand climate, James Hardie products encompass a range of low maintenance, sustainable cladding options. These products are tough, easy to install, cost-efficient and stand the test of time, yet don’t bypass beauty for practicality.

Within James Hardie’s new lookbook, find inspiration for home exteriors, interiors and outdoor areas, covering a myriad of design options and aesthetics.

From pre-cladding, cladding, eaves and soffits, interior wall linings and structural flooring, James Hardie has a bespoke solution your new build or renovation.

 

View the full look book below.

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