DaVinci Roofscapes
Campus roofs: Design for the long term
By DaVinci Roofscapes. An architect’s guide to specifying composite slate and shake for schools, colleges and universities. On an educational campus, a roof does more than protect a building. It helps define a historic skyline, connects new construction to an established architectural vocabulary and supports the institution’s long-range stewardship goals. For architects and ...
Best versatile roof colors
By Kate Smith, Sensational Color. Check out some of timeless colors that DaVinci's composite roofing comes in. Roofs and exterior walls don't usually get replaced on the same timeline. A homeowner might be re-roofing now but repainting or re-siding years from now, in a color that hasn't been chosen yet. In that ...
Matching new copper to an aged patina
By Kate Smith, Sensational Color. Copper is a material you'll be looking at for decades; a few extra days spent comparing samples in your own light is worth the investment of time. If your home has a copper turret, cupola or dormer that has developed a rich green-blue patina over the years, ...
Why roof color matters
By Kate Smith, Sensational Color. Roof color affects curb appeal, resale value, how a house reads on its lot and how well it performs in its climate. The roof makes up 30%-40% of a home's visible exterior — more surface area than the walls on many house styles. That makes it the ...
Going blonde with confidence
By DaVinci Roofscapes. Choosing a roofing manufacturer that supports you. Andrew Easter was tired of his asphalt roof. It had not worn out… he was worn out of looking at it. He shared, “I was no longer happy with the aesthetic aspect of my asphalt roof and was interested in bringing back ...
When does a multi-colored roof make sense?
By Kate Smith, Sensational Color. For homeowners drawn to a roof with a story — one that looks like it earned its color rather than had it applied — the Nature Crafted Collection from DaVinci Roofscapes is the strongest option. Most roofing color decisions come down to picking one color and living ...
What roofing do contractors recommend?
By DaVinci Roofscapes. DaVinci Composite Roofing leads the way in terms of contractor popularity. Coast to coast, roofing contractors are talking about why they prefer DaVinci® Roofscapes as their preferred solution for roofing projects. Watch this short video to see the projects roofers are working on and hear specifically why they’re ...
Historic structure gets new life with composite siding
By DaVinci Roofscapes. Hand-split shake siding from DaVinci recaptures authentic cedar siding. Built around 1914, the three-story water tower on the old Weeks homestead is still standing. And today it’s been given new life. The structure, which is a historical focal point on Lopez Island in Washington state, has just been refinished ...
Golf-ball sized hail bounces off Select Shake Roof
By DaVinci Roofscapes. The story of a just-in-time installation giving a homeowner relief in the face of a storm. Josh Maggard is a lucky man. How lucky? Just two days after his DaVinci Select Shake roof was installed on May 13, 2025, a storm came through his neighborhood dropping golf ball sized ...
SRA architects specify DaVinci for public buildings
By DaVinci Roofscapes. Pigeon Forge, Tennessee structures boast synthetic roofing. Thanks to the beautiful design work of SRA Architects Inc., many commercial properties in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee boast composite roofing from DaVinci Roofscapes. For more than a dozen years the architectural firm has specified composite roofing on exceptional structures like the Le ...
