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Contemporary House Exterior with Stone Cladding Ideas and Designs

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Hill Country Residence
Hill Country Residence
Cornerstone ArchitectsCornerstone Architects
Nestled into sloping topography, the design of this home allows privacy from the street while providing unique vistas throughout the house and to the surrounding hill country and downtown skyline. Layering rooms with each other as well as circulation galleries, insures seclusion while allowing stunning downtown views. The owners' goals of creating a home with a contemporary flow and finish while providing a warm setting for daily life was accomplished through mixing warm natural finishes such as stained wood with gray tones in concrete and local limestone. The home's program also hinged around using both passive and active green features. Sustainable elements include geothermal heating/cooling, rainwater harvesting, spray foam insulation, high efficiency glazing, recessing lower spaces into the hillside on the west side, and roof/overhang design to provide passive solar coverage of walls and windows. The resulting design is a sustainably balanced, visually pleasing home which reflects the lifestyle and needs of the clients. Photography by Andrew Pogue
Modern Town House
Modern Town House
MaterialMaterial
Medium sized and beige contemporary two floor terraced house with stone cladding, a lean-to roof and a metal roof.
Santa Lucia Preserve Residence
Santa Lucia Preserve Residence
UserUser
Inspiration for a large and brown contemporary bungalow detached house in Other with stone cladding, a lean-to roof and a metal roof.
Westview Cliffside
Westview Cliffside
McCollum Studio ArchitectsMcCollum Studio Architects
Shoberg Homes- Contractor Studio Seiders - Interior Design Ryann Ford Photography, LLC
Gey contemporary bungalow detached house in Austin with stone cladding and a hip roof.
Contemporary Custom Home-Naperville
Contemporary Custom Home-Naperville
Redstart Construction, Inc.Redstart Construction, Inc.
Picture Perfect House
This is an example of a large and white contemporary two floor detached house in Chicago with stone cladding, a hip roof and a green roof.
Modern Organic
Modern Organic
Hendel HomesHendel Homes
Photo of an expansive and beige contemporary house exterior in Minneapolis with three floors and stone cladding.
Contemporary Spec Home
Contemporary Spec Home
Gibson Gimpel Interior DesignGibson Gimpel Interior Design
Rear Exterior with View of Pool [Photography by Dan Piassick]
This is an example of a medium sized and gey contemporary two floor detached house in Dallas with stone cladding, a pitched roof and a metal roof.
Fasad Puts och Trä / Svenska färger / Swedish colours / Outdoor paint
Fasad Puts och Trä / Svenska färger / Swedish colours / Outdoor paint
CaparolCaparol
Inspiration for a large and white contemporary two floor house exterior in Gothenburg with stone cladding and a lean-to roof.
Maison sur mesure Bouaye
Maison sur mesure Bouaye
Macoretz scopMacoretz scop
Maison de plain pied avec 3 chambres et bibliothèque sur mesure Macoconcept. Surface habitable : 127 m2 Macoretz Scop - Macoretz
Photo of a medium sized and beige contemporary bungalow house exterior in Nantes with stone cladding and a flat roof.
Woollahra Terrace Award Winner
Woollahra Terrace Award Winner
LochbuildLochbuild
Steve Brown Photography
Inspiration for a medium sized and white contemporary house exterior in Sydney with three floors and stone cladding.
Rigg Beck
Rigg Beck
Stone Federation Great BritainStone Federation Great Britain
Rigg Beck, New Private House, Cumbria - Award winner in the New Build Traditional Style Stone Masonry category at the Natural Stone Awards 2012. Stone Supplier: Burlington Slate Ltd (www.burlingtonstone.co.uk)
Stratford Treehouse
Stratford Treehouse
Eppright Homes, LLCEppright Homes, LLC
Andrew Pogue Photography
This is an example of a large and beige contemporary two floor house exterior in Austin with stone cladding and a lean-to roof.
Barn Raising
Barn Raising
Legacy Construction Northeast LLCLegacy Construction Northeast LLC
Carol Kurth Architecture, PC and Marie Aiello Design Sutdio, Peter Krupenye Photography
Expansive and gey contemporary two floor house exterior in New York with stone cladding.
North Langley Residence
North Langley Residence
Site Lines Architecture Inc.Site Lines Architecture Inc.
Crocodile Creative
Design ideas for a contemporary house exterior in Vancouver with stone cladding.
Nethermead Residence
Nethermead Residence
Alchemy Design StudioAlchemy Design Studio
This is an example of a contemporary house exterior in Other with stone cladding.
Warner/Erickson Residence
Warner/Erickson Residence
roth sheppard architectsroth sheppard architects
The existing 1950’s ranch house was remodeled by this firm during a 4-year period commencing in 1997. Following the Phase I remodel and master bedroom loft addition, the property was sold to the present owners, a retired geologist and freelance artist. The geologist discovered the largest gas reserve in Wyoming, which he named ‘Jonah’. The new owners program included a guest bedroom suite and an office. The owners wanted the addition to express their informal lifestyle of entertaining small and large groups in a setting that would recall their worldly travels. The new 2 story, 1,475 SF guest house frames the courtyard and contains an upper level office loft and a main level guest bedroom, sitting room and bathroom suite. All rooms open to the courtyard or rear Zen garden. The centralized fire pit / water feature defines the courtyard while creating an axial alignment with the circular skylight in the guest house loft. At the time of Jonahs’ discovery, sunlight tracks through the skylight, directly into the center of the courtyard fire pit, giving the house a subliminal yet personal attachment to the present owners. Different types and textures of stone are used throughout the guest house to respond to the owner’s geological background. A rotating work-station, the courtyard ‘room’, a stainless steel Japanese soaking tub, the communal fire pit, and the juxtaposition of refined materials and textured stone reinforce the owner’s extensive travel and communal experiences. Photo: Frank Ooms
Angus Residence
Angus Residence
VictorEric Design+BuildVictorEric Design+Build
Photo of a large and gey contemporary two floor detached house in Vancouver with stone cladding, a pitched roof and a mixed material roof.
BOX HOUSE
BOX HOUSE
Atelier Eyster ArchitectureAtelier Eyster Architecture
2400 square feet Photo by Julius Shulman
Inspiration for a contemporary house exterior in Los Angeles with stone cladding.
Canyon Edge House
Canyon Edge House
Tom Hurt ArchitectureTom Hurt Architecture
The contemporary lines of the roof and windows bring an touch of modernity to this rustic location.
Large and gey contemporary two floor detached house in Austin with stone cladding and a flat roof.
Dream Home 2020
Dream Home 2020
Atwood Custom HomesAtwood Custom Homes
expansive single story custom home designed to bring the outdoor inside with views from every angle of this home. Its an entertainers dream house and this years 2020 Dream Home.

Contemporary House Exterior with Stone Cladding Ideas and Designs

With so much attention devoted to interior design, the exterior of a home can often get overlooked, but as the first thing that welcomes both us and our guests, it is worth devoting some time tending to the outside of your house. Furthermore, focusing on the contemporary kerb appeal of your home can add significant value if and when it comes time to sell up. Georgian, Edwardian and Victorian homes, with their bay windows and elegant plasterwork, often benefit from built in architecture advantages, but even if your house design is unassuming from the outside, small decorative and structural improvements to the contemporary exterior of your home can equal huge impact. Key areas of building design to focus on are the front door, the driveway or approach to your home, the porch area, the windows, the facade and the roof. And just a note of caution... before any significant contemporary exterior architecture gets under way, check first whether you need planning permission for your exterior house designs– this applies particularly to listed houses or buildings in a conservation area, but it’s better to be safe than sorry. Take a look through the house designs, exterior architecture and images of front doors and driveways on Houzz to inspire your facade or building design, or read on for a few more pointers when it comes to redesigning your exterior.

How do I give my home an exterior facelift?

You may feel like your home’s exterior architecture is unalterable but there are a wide range of options available to improve its external building design, no matter what raw materials you begin with. Begin with the front door and the pathway or driveway that lead up to your home as these are easy to improve without huge budgets. A driveway or pathway must be kept neat and tidy and you can consider replacing tarmac with attractive tiles or gravel. Repainting or replacing the fence, wall or gate that fronts your home can also offer an overnight transformation without breaking the bank. An area to not cut corners however is the front door, where spending a little extra can make a huge difference in quality, and painting it in a colour you love will pay you back every time it welcomes you home! Updating your windows can be a significant building design project but it is one that has benefits both inside and out, as well as potentially saving you money on energy later. If you are lucky enough to have period windows such as bay windows with sash or leaded windows, then maintaining them should be a top priority, but if they are beyond repair then there are plenty of window professionals that will offer modern, double or triple glazed equivalents that could still work in your bay window. Working with uPVC? Not a problem – the best improvement you can make is to ensure your windows are the right size and shape for your home's overall proportions.

How do I update my home’s facade?

When it comes to updating the facade of your home, painting is the quickest and most affordable way to achieve a contemporary makeover, and if you opt for a colour other than white it can really make a statement (although sticking within the palette of your road and local area is advisable). A makeover that requires a bit more patience but can add romance and character to the most mundane of homes is to adorn the walls with climbing plants – delicate trailing wisteria is ever a British favourite, whilst roses and jasmine offer fragrance as well as beauty. If you’re looking to make more significant changes to the exterior of your home, whether that is adding timber cladding, hanging tiles, installing a bay window or rendering, then you should first check whether your house designs require planning permission. A New England style wood boarded home is beautiful and bright, but remember that it will need frequent repainting if it is going to stay looking its best, whilst stucco render or Tyrolean render can tidy up a home's exterior but think carefully before covering over original brickwork.

What should I consider if building a home from scratch?

If you’re working with an architect on a brand new build, the options are endless when it comes to deciding on the exterior architecture. But first things first, you will need to check planning permissions, building regulations and local restrictions, such as being in a conservation area, to make sure your plans for your exterior house designs will meet stipulations. If you are building in a street with predominantly Victorian facades, with bay windows and side returns, you might need to ensure your house designs fit in with the rest of the homes on the street, but if you’re building in a more remote area you’ll probably have more freedom for your building design. There are many architectural decisions to make, do you want a flat, gabled, hipped, mansard or perhaps even a curved roof? Do you want bay windows? Crittall windows? Perhaps external shutters? Do you want glass walls? Do you want wood cladding? Do you want a very symmetrical building design or something more contemporary? The decision is all yours but remember to consider the benefits of various materials over others and the effects that some architecture styles will have on everyday life, for example glass walls will look attractive but will give you less privacy. Your architect or builder will be able to guide you through the best contemporary exterior architecture choices for your house designs.
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