About us

ARA – Furniture Factory a.s. is a traditional Czech manufacturer specializing in the precise production of modern custom interiors. The joint-stock company continues the legacy of the original ARA Kolín spol. s.r.o., and today we have a thirty-year history.

We launched the ARA WOOD exterior wood division more than 20 years ago. Alongside modern interiors, we began specializing in maintenance-free exterior wooden structures—back when IPE was just cardboard and Beefwood was still beef.

As with interior design, we strive to take a comprehensive approach to exterior structures—combining technical solutions, material properties, and aesthetics into a unified whole. The term “aesthetics” for us means “wholeness”—not just in design but also in other aspects such as the environment, sustainability, and beyond.

Contemporary modern architecture is usually stripped of traditional detailing. Without classic structural details, European wood species simply cannot meet the expected lifespan for outdoor use—coated or not.

Wood is not just rotting planks. Longevity is not a guarantee, and façades are more than just screwed-on boards. Coating is not essential. Wood is alive; it cannot be tamed or ordered around. Wood is passion, not a business card. We show how wood looks now, in five years, in ten, in twenty.

New, weathered, aging, charred.