Delta Millworks, the award-winning, family-owned manufacturer of architectural-grade wood siding, paneling, and decking, has partnered with Poliigon to introduce a library of photorealistic, high-resolution wood textures for architectural visualization. This collaboration brings Delta’s distinctive products to the digital design world, allowing architects and designers to explore authentic wood cladding in their renderings.
Poliigon, used by more than 1,000 architects and studios worldwide—including Zaha Hadid, Grimshaw, and OMA—approached Delta to fill a gap in its material offerings. The Delta team saw the opportunity to digitize their products as a way to unlock new creativity for designers. In March 2025, Poliigon visited the mill to scan several species and finishes, capturing the unique surface textures and color variations of Delta’s prefinished natural wood cladding.
The partnership highlights Delta’s Accoya Shou Sugi Ban Gator in A Texas Getaway, a short CG animation created with visualization artist Jonathan Nicholson. The film features a Texas cabin clad in Gator alongside other wood textures from various Delta collections. Delta, which revived and modernized Shou Sugi Ban cladding over 15 years ago, continues to lead the industry in sustainable innovation and craft.
A library of 46 textures—including Accoya, ThermoWood Spruce, Thermal Hemlock VG, and Thermal Radiata—is now available through Delta’s Design Tools webpage. Higher-resolution downloads can also be accessed through this link.
“Poliigon worked closely with us to capture the species, finishes, and performance-driven beauty of our products,” said Delta Millworks president, Robbie Davis. “We’re thrilled to see designers experiment with our materials digitally, and ultimately, bring them into the built world.”
About Delta Millworks
Delta Millworks is an award-winning, family-owned custom lumber mill based in Austin founded in 1985. For nearly 40 years, Delta has been a pioneer in offering some of the most sustainable wood materials to the AEC industry. In 2012, Delta became the first company in North America to perfect and commercially produce Shou Sugi Ban wood, a Japanese preservation technique that involves charring wood siding. Since then, the Mill has stood out as a leader in manufacturing, finishing, and delivering high-performance prefinished wood siding, paneling, and decking.
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