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Brown House Exterior with a Flat Roof Ideas and Designs

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Peregian Beach House - Osprey
Peregian Beach House - Osprey
Aboda Design GroupAboda Design Group
This is an example of a contemporary two floor detached house in Sunshine Coast with a flat roof.
半田店モデルA
半田店モデルA
クラシスホーム株式会社クラシスホーム株式会社
Design ideas for a white two floor detached house in Nagoya with a flat roof.
Portage Bay New Home Build
Portage Bay New Home Build
BrightWork BuildersBrightWork Builders
Beige scandi two floor detached house in Seattle with wood cladding and a flat roof.
『縁側の家』
『縁側の家』
イン-デ-コード design officeイン-デ-コード design office
Photo by：IRO creative factory
Design ideas for a white modern bungalow detached house in Other with a flat roof.
アジアン 家の外観
アジアン 家の外観
Inspiration for a gey world-inspired two floor detached house in Tokyo Suburbs with mixed cladding and a flat roof.
House of ArtFULL Living
House of ArtFULL Living
Baylis ArchitectsBaylis Architects
Photography by Ed Sozinho © Sozinho Imagery http://sozinhoimagery.com
Inspiration for a large and white modern bungalow render detached house in Seattle with a flat roof.
Cornelia Tiny House
Cornelia Tiny House
New Frontier Tiny HomesNew Frontier Tiny Homes
StudioBell
Inspiration for a gey urban bungalow house exterior in Nashville with metal cladding and a flat roof.
Modern Spanish Revival
Modern Spanish Revival
SDG ArchitectsSDG Architects
Photo by Maria Zichil
Inspiration for a medium sized and beige mediterranean two floor render detached house in San Francisco with a flat roof and a tiled roof.
Fence 1
Fence 1
STACKLABSTACKLAB
This is an example of a medium sized and gey traditional house exterior in Toronto with three floors, vinyl cladding and a flat roof.
Patio
Patio
ODS ArchitectureODS Architecture
Atherton has many large substantial homes - our clients purchased an existing home on a one acre flag-shaped lot and asked us to design a new dream home for them. The result is a new 7,000 square foot four-building complex consisting of the main house, six-car garage with two car lifts, pool house with a full one bedroom residence inside, and a separate home office /work out gym studio building. A fifty-foot swimming pool was also created with fully landscaped yards. Given the rectangular shape of the lot, it was decided to angle the house to incoming visitors slightly so as to more dramatically present itself. The house became a classic u-shaped home but Feng Shui design principals were employed directing the placement of the pool house to better contain the energy flow on the site. The main house entry door is then aligned with a special Japanese red maple at the end of a long visual axis at the rear of the site. These angles and alignments set up everything else about the house design and layout, and views from various rooms allow you to see into virtually every space tracking movements of others in the home. The residence is simply divided into two wings of public use, kitchen and family room, and the other wing of bedrooms, connected by the living and dining great room. Function drove the exterior form of windows and solid walls with a line of clerestory windows which bring light into the middle of the large home. Extensive sun shadow studies with 3D tree modeling led to the unorthodox placement of the pool to the north of the home, but tree shadow tracking showed this to be the sunniest area during the entire year. Sustainable measures included a full 7.1kW solar photovoltaic array technically making the house off the grid, and arranged so that no panels are visible from the property. A large 16,000 gallon rainwater catchment system consisting of tanks buried below grade was installed. The home is California GreenPoint rated and also features sealed roof soffits and a sealed crawlspace without the usual venting. A whole house computer automation system with server room was installed as well. Heating and cooling utilize hot water radiant heated concrete and wood floors supplemented by heat pump generated heating and cooling. A compound of buildings created to form balanced relationships between each other, this home is about circulation, light and a balance of form and function. Photo by John Sutton Photography.
Home Addition in Santa Fe
Home Addition in Santa Fe
Poulin Design CenterPoulin Design Center
We expanded this home with an addition.
Large and beige bungalow render detached house in Albuquerque with a flat roof.
North Point
North Point
Periana ArchitecturePeriana Architecture
Inspiration for a large and multi-coloured contemporary clay and front flat in Los Angeles with three floors and a flat roof.
Silver Street Project
Silver Street Project
Levan DesignLevan Design
Design ideas for a multi-coloured contemporary two floor detached house in Melbourne with mixed cladding and a flat roof.
Solar Studio ADU
Solar Studio ADU
Nakamoto ForestryNakamoto Forestry
Project Overview: This modern ADU build was designed by Wittman Estes Architecture + Landscape and pre-fab tech builder NODE. Our Gendai siding with an Amber oil finish clads the exterior. Featured in Dwell, Designmilk and other online architectural publications, this tiny project packs a punch with affordable design and a focus on sustainability. This modern ADU build was designed by Wittman Estes Architecture + Landscape and pre-fab tech builder NODE. Our shou sugi ban Gendai siding with a clear alkyd finish clads the exterior. Featured in Dwell, Designmilk and other online architectural publications, this tiny project packs a punch with affordable design and a focus on sustainability. “A Seattle homeowner hired Wittman Estes to design an affordable, eco-friendly unit to live in her backyard as a way to generate rental income. The modern structure is outfitted with a solar roof that provides all of the energy needed to power the unit and the main house. To make it happen, the firm partnered with NODE, known for their design-focused, carbon negative, non-toxic homes, resulting in Seattle’s first DADU (Detached Accessory Dwelling Unit) with the International Living Future Institute’s (IFLI) zero energy certification.” Product: Gendai 1×6 select grade shiplap Prefinish: Amber Application: Residential – Exterior SF: 350SF Designer: Wittman Estes, NODE Builder: NODE, Don Bunnell Date: November 2018 Location: Seattle, WA Photos courtesy of: Andrew Pogue
Modern Kitchen Remodel & Addition
Modern Kitchen Remodel & Addition
Apollo BuildersApollo Builders
Inspiration for a large and gey modern bungalow concrete detached house in Phoenix with a flat roof.
Palace Ave
Palace Ave
True North BuildersTrue North Builders
This is an example of a clay house exterior in Albuquerque with a flat roof.
Coromandel Beach House
Coromandel Beach House
Geoff BrownGeoff Brown
Whangapoua Beach House on the Coromandel Peninsula
Design ideas for a modern bungalow detached house in Auckland with a flat roof.
Lindenwood Custom
Lindenwood Custom
Mosier Luxury HomesMosier Luxury Homes
Photo of a large and beige retro bungalow detached house in Austin with mixed cladding, a flat roof, a metal roof and a black roof.
Entrance & Balconies
Entrance & Balconies
ODS ArchitectureODS Architecture
The front door is rotated off-axis from the entry catwalk. Two-story tall board-formed concrete walls are emphasized with windows extending across both floors. Exterior lights and fire sprinklers are built into the eaves.
Kaikoo Place
Kaikoo Place
Hawaii Modern Architecture and Interior DesignHawaii Modern Architecture and Interior Design
Design ideas for a large and white modern render detached house in Hawaii with three floors and a flat roof.

Brown House Exterior with a Flat Roof 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 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 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 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 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 exterior architecture choices for your house designs.
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