James Hardie’s Fourth Annual Exterior Design Week Winners
During Exterior Design Week, we're celebrating builders and contractors across the country whose projects exemplify exterior design. Winners will be announced here from now until Exterior Design Week, happening on our channels May 25-31, 2025.
James Hardie is excited to celebrate the fourth annual Exterior Design Week, dedicated to highlighting the incredible work trade professionals do and showcasing and showcase the possibilities when design and durability come together with Hardie® products.
This year, we will also be highlighting six outstanding projects from the last year which emphasize the endless style and aesthetic combinations with Hardie® products. From the best homes featuring a Complete Exterior™ by James Hardie to Multi-Family builds, these projects, and the teams who worked on them, encapsulate what it means to combine beautiful design with high performance.
Best Exterior Design featuring a Complete Exterior™ by James Hardie
Lakeside Renovation and Design – St. Louis, MO
Featuring Hardie® Plank, Hardie® Trim, Hardie® Panel, and Hardie® Soffit in Night Gray, Cobble Stone, and Arctic White
A Complete Exterior™ featuring Hardie® siding products offers personalized design across the entire exterior, including siding, trim, and soffit. In addition to creating an added level of distinctive design, a Complete Exterior™ also ensures that, with uniform quality, color, and texture, the home has a cohesive look while providing superior durability and protection.
The large suburban home with elements of neo-Victorian design originally had stucco— a material that, while long-lasting, requires regular, intense maintenance. During the re-side, the homeowners opted to transform their home with all Hardie® siding products to optimize the quality design and durability inherent to Hardie® fiber cement products.
“We love using Hardie® products because they allow us to blend timeless design with unmatched durability. The variety of color and texture options—like Night Gray, Cobble Stone, and Arctic White—help us create eye-catching exteriors that truly elevate a home’s curb appeal,” Candice Davis, Director of Marketing for Lakeside Renovation and Design in St. Louis, shared.
The re-sided home features Hardie® Plank with Select Cedarmill® texture in Night Gray and Cobble Stone, as well as Hardie® Trim and Hardie® Panel both in Select Cedarmill®, and Hardie® Soffit in Arctic White. The earthy taupe of the Cobble Stone lap pairs well with Night Gray, a warm-toned gray, and the stark Arctic White trim provides a polished accent to both.
“The design flexibility of Hardie® products allowed us to bring our client’s vision to life with a clean, polished look that will last for decades,” Davis says.
Stay tuned as we announce the rest of the Exterior Design winners through the month of May!
Check out a sneak preview of the winners below:
Best Exterior Design featuring Hardie® Artisan® or Hardie® Architectural Panel
Best Transformation featuring Hardie® Products
Best Multi-Family Exterior Design featuring Hardie® Products
Best Exterior Design featuring James Hardie’s Color of the Year 2025 – Evening Blue
Best Exterior Design featuring Hardie® Products
