Blue Contemporary House Exterior Ideas and Designs

Adam Rouse
Design ideas for a blue and medium sized contemporary detached house in San Francisco with three floors, wood cladding, a flat roof and a mixed material roof.

Falcon House

Elements Architecture

Photo of a large and blue contemporary two floor house exterior in Orange County with metal cladding and a lean-to roof.

Contemporary Michigan Farmhouse

Damian Farrell Design Group

A view of the stair tower on the bedroom wing. The stone entry to the right. Fred Golden Photography
Photo of a large and blue contemporary house exterior in Detroit with mixed cladding and three floors.

Riverside Residence

Moore Architects, PC

The new house sits back from the suburban road, a pipe-stem lot hidden in the trees. The owner/building had requested a modern, clean statement of his residence. A single rectangular volume houses the main program: living, dining, kitchen to the north, garage, private bedrooms and baths to the south. Secondary building blocks attached to the west and east faces contain special places: entry, stair, music room and master bath. The modern vocabulary of the house is a careful delineation of the parts - cantilevering roofs lift and extend beyond the planar stucco, siding and glazed wall surfaces. Where the house meets ground, crushed stone along the perimeter base mimics the roof lines above, the sharply defined edges of lawn held away from the foundation. It's the movement through the volumes of space, along surfaces, and out into the landscape, that unifies the house. ProArc Photography

443 Ridge Street NW Full Project

D + O INC.

Design ideas for a medium sized and blue contemporary brick terraced house in DC Metro with three floors.

Vogel Haus

ramsay photography

©2016 Ramsay Photography www.ramsayphotography.com Design: artisansgroup.com
Photo of a blue contemporary bungalow house exterior in Seattle with metal cladding and a flat roof.

house conversion of a dairy

Warwick O'Brien Architects

Warwick O'Brien
Design ideas for a medium sized and blue contemporary bungalow house exterior in Adelaide.

Barn on the Long Island Sound

Burr Salvatore Architects

Inspiration for a medium sized and blue contemporary two floor detached house in Other with wood cladding, a pitched roof and a metal roof.

Craftsman Residential Truett Ave. Townhomes

Cayce Mill Design Center

Inspiration for a medium sized and blue contemporary two floor house exterior in Nashville with vinyl cladding and a lean-to roof.

Curved Roof Silver Leaf Home

Troy Bucholz

Contemporary Curved Roof House by Chris Hawley , Architect Fargo, ND Siding and trim work performed by Troy Bucholz and Chad Martinson
Photo of a large and blue contemporary two floor house exterior in Other with wood cladding and a pitched roof.

Grandin Terrace

Carlton Edwards

Inspiration for a medium sized and blue contemporary two floor detached house in Other with metal cladding, a flat roof and a metal roof.

Portland Contemporary Home

User

The original small 2 bedroom dwelling was deconstructed piece by piece, with every element recycled/re-used. The larger, newly built home + studio uses much less energy than the original. In fact, the home and office combined are net zero (the home’s blower door test came in at Passive House levels, though certification was not procured). The transformed home boasts a better functioning layout, increased square footage, and bold accent colors to boot. The multiple level patios book-end the home’s front and rear facades. The added outdoor living with the nearly 13’ sliding doors allows ample natural light into the home. The transom windows create an increased openness with the floor to ceiling glazing. The larger tilt-turn windows throughout the home provide ventilation and open views for the 3-level contemporary home. In addition, the larger overhangs provide increased passive thermal protection from the scattered sunny days. The conglomeration of exterior materials is diverse and playful with dark stained wood, concrete, natural wood finish, and teal horizontal siding. A fearless selection of a bright orange window brings a bold accent to the street-side composition. These elements combined create a dynamic modern design to the inclusive Portland backdrop.

Norwood Custom - Meadow Valley of Troy | Hudson, WI

Creative Homes

Design ideas for a large and blue contemporary two floor house exterior in Minneapolis.

X-Line 014 | exterior

Hive Modular, LLC

Hive Modular
Blue contemporary two floor house exterior in Calgary with mixed cladding.

Shaiman Residence

Juan Felipe Goldstein Design Co.

Location: Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles, CA, USA Total remodel and new steel carport. The carport was inspired by the great 1950's gas station structures in California. The original house had a very appealing look from the1960's but was in disrepair, and needed a lot of TLC. Juan Felipe Goldstein Design Co.

Minneapolis Extension

CHRISTIAN DEAN ARCHITECTURE, LLC

Chad Holder
Blue contemporary house exterior in Minneapolis.

Freestanding Contemporary Cedar and Black Metal Mailbox

MAK Design + Build Inc.

Design ideas for a large and blue contemporary two floor detached house in Sacramento with wood cladding, a pitched roof, a metal roof and a grey roof.

Mt Tabor Kitchen

Harka Architecture

Contemporary outdoor kitchen remodel by Harka Architecture. Custom residential architecture and interiors. Connecting indoor and outdoor kitchen and dining. Low-carbon, high performance architecture.

Single Family - Peyton

OMNIA Group Architects

This inviting home welcomes you to a dramatic entrance showcasing a curved staircase with formal living room and dining room complete with a butler's pantry. The private library with double doors is a special place to relax or work from home. The epicurean kitchen and breakfast area opens to a grand two-story great room. The second floor boasts four spacious bedrooms. Two of the bedrooms share a pullman bath and the master suite has two generous walk-in closets and an en-suite with soaking tub and separate stall shower.

Lanoma Place

Impress Photography

Blue contemporary house exterior in Melbourne with mixed cladding and a flat roof.

Blue Contemporary House Exterior 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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