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Courtyard of the Ocean Boulevard home in Corona del Mar, with horizontal wood-look slat screens above the pool and open living rooms facing the ocean
Project SpotlightsOctober 16, 20263 min read

Inside Corona del Mar’s Record-Setting Ocean Boulevard Home

In July 2026 a newly built home on Ocean Boulevard sold for $48.5 million, believed to be the highest residential sale in Corona del Mar. Its upper floor is wrapped in Clicklad wood-look aluminum slats.

Clicklad project spotlight, Corona del Mar, California In July 2026 a newly built home on Ocean Boulevard in Corona del Mar sold for $48.5 million. According to the Orange County Business Journal, the listing broker believes it is the highest residential sale in Corona del Mar, both in total price and in price per square foot, and the most expensive home sold outside a gated community in Orange County. Clicklad…

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Courtyard of the Ocean Boulevard home in Corona del Mar, with horizontal wood-look slat screens above the pool and open living rooms facing the ocean
Project SpotlightsOctober 16, 20263 min read

Inside Corona del Mar’s Record-Setting Ocean Boulevard Home

In July 2026 a newly built home on Ocean Boulevard sold for $48.5 million, believed to be the highest residential sale in Corona del Mar. Its upper floor is wrapped in Clicklad wood-look aluminum slats.

Retail store under a Click Trellis ceiling — Clicklad aluminum cladding
Aluminum Siding GuidesOctober 16, 20267 min read

Aluminum Pergolas and Trellises: A Buyer’s Guide

A pergola is the one structure people build for pleasure and then fight to keep. The wood version looks beautiful the first summer, then the California sun gets to it.

Walnut wood-look aluminum cladding on a modern two-story home
Aluminum Siding GuidesOctober 4, 20267 min read

Metal Cladding vs Wood and Fiber Cement: Why Aluminum Wins

Walk any older street after a wet winter and the evidence is on the walls. Wood siding that has cupped, split, and gone grey at the bottom courses. Fiber cement with a hairline crack running off a fastener and a chalky film where the paint is giving up.

Project SpotlightsSeptember 30, 20264 min read

Wood-Look Aluminum Ceiling at Blank Street, Los Angeles

A cafe ceiling has a big job. It has to make the space feel welcoming while holding its own through everyday commercial use: heat from the kitchen, moisture, cleaning, and years of foot traffic underneath.

Entry soffit, C-020 waterproof clip in Walnut — Clicklad aluminum cladding
Aluminum Siding GuidesJune 17, 202612 min read

Aluminum Cladding Colors and Finishes: A Design Guide for 2026

Walk through any new architectural project in Los Angeles County and the facade conversation now starts with finish before it starts with material. Matte charcoal on a Venice ADU. Champagne anodized on a Beverly Hills office remodel.

Fire Safety & ComplianceJune 14, 202610 min read

Class A Fire Rated Aluminum Cladding: An Architect’s Guide

Specifying exterior cladding for a fire hazard zone used to be a paperwork exercise. Pull the manufacturer’s brochure, check that “Class A” appeared somewhere, attach it to the submittal, move on. The 2025 Palisades and Eaton fires changed that.

Fire Safety & ComplianceJune 10, 202611 min read

WUI Chapter 7A Aluminum Cladding for California Buildings

After the Palisades and Eaton fires destroyed more than 16,000 structures in January 2025, plan reviewers across Los Angeles County started flagging the same sheet of California Building Code at almost every counter visit: Chapter 7A, Materials and Construction Methods for Exterior Wildfire Exposure.

The Clicklad click system for fast aluminum cladding installation
Aluminum Siding GuidesJune 1, 202610 min read

How to Install Aluminum Cladding: A Step-by-Step Guide for 2026

Walk a job site in Gardena, Pasadena, or any Eaton-fire rebuild neighborhood right now and you’ll see the same pattern. Pallets of aluminum panels under a tarp. A wall stripped to the sheathing. A two-person crew running rails across the studs.

Pool pavilion, wood-grain walls and ceiling — Clicklad aluminum cladding
Aluminum Siding GuidesMay 21, 20269 min read

Aluminum Siding Pros and Cons: An Honest 2026 Breakdown

Most siding comparison articles read like brochures. The “pros” section runs long and glowing; the “cons” section is two sentences about how “some homeowners may prefer the look of natural wood.” That isn’t a comparison. It’s marketing dressed up as analysis.

“Stand a foot away from a wood-grain aluminum panel finished in the last three years and your eye will tell you it’s cedar.”

From “Aluminum Siding Wood Grain”
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