Oregon pine

As Edward R Ford demonstrated in his 1990 book The Details of Modern Architecture, the apparent exposed structure of precious woods that you see inside the houses is a panelled metaphor of the much rougher redwood or Oregon pine of the real structure, exposed only on the exterior.

Douglas fir, British Columbia pine, Columbia pine, Oregon pine, Douglas spruce, yellow spruce, red spruce, Douglastree

To keep things interesting, Douglas-fir has been marketed variously as Oregon pine, bigcone spruce, blue spruce, yellow fir, and red fir.

The veil-like facade is of round Oregon pine sections suspended on stainless-steel cables to which the poles are fixed by specially made clips.

Other names for this famous West Coast tree include: Douglas spruce, fir, yellow fir, red pine, red spruce, red fir, oregon pine, and Douglastree.