Maybe your architect could hazard a guess . I personally would not combine the 2 and not those support columns either .

I love your inspiration house with the combo of board and batten and clapboard. i think the space on the battens is over 12 inches - maybe 15. The clapboards are either 5 or 8 inches.

thanks! ❤ we are pretty excited to build it soon 😊

Battens are custom designed based on the width of the board. And totally wrong on that house. Clapboard only.

Board and batten was developed to be just that, boards place vertically side by side and a batten covering the gap between the boards. The house pictured above looks like plywood sheet with battens, probably 16" on center (48/3); a bastardization of a traditional siding method.

When evaluating the design of a home, look beyond the skin and at the form, massing, scale, balance, and other elements of good design. Board and batten is a trend that comes and goes that can make almost anything look good to the eye, but when it becomes tiresome, the flaws of design come out.

I think it's more likely to be 24" OC for the battens assuming the front door is a 5/0 door.

Just a thought:

Ideally, studs are installed with "16" centers" -- the center of each stud is 16" away from the adjacent studs. That means you should be able to nail a piece of 4'x8' plywood or particle board, etc., to the studs of your home with the two (4') side edges of each panel overlapping half a stud and also be able to secure each panel to two more studs evenly spaced in between. So, if your home is wrapped in 4'x8' panels and your vertical batten boards are 8" apart, the vertical boards should cover every seam between the panels and can be securely nailed to two other studs, minimizing the likelihood of any warping that might otherwise loosen the vertical boards that are nailed to the panels but not nailed into a stud.

This is same house with likely 16” spacing:

There is Hardie Board siding that has the board&batten look.

https://www.google.com/search?sa=X&nfpr=1&q=Hardie+board+siding+board+battan+look&tbm=isch&source=univ&client=firefox-b-1-d&ved=2ahUKEwjWoNm3uMroAhXRUt8KHcDsCwYQsAR6BAgKEAE&biw=1366&bih=654

thanks

We did one at 24" oc batts last year. Every other batt must have added backing when studs are 16oc. The lap is likely 7" with 6" exposure (16 pieces from floor to top of window at 96" but I could be wrong.

They still do not belong on the same house . As for black windows IMO more timeless than white vinyl for sure.l

I think b&b and lap can be used on the same house if the b&b was done in the eaves only like my BIL's house is done but overall, choosing one would be more cohesive. This one is all b&b and is done extremely well:

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