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Contemporary Front House Exterior Ideas and Designs

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Unique HomestaysUnique Homestays
Inspiration for a large contemporary two floor front detached house in Cornwall with a pitched roof.
A simple Farm and Barn
A simple Farm and Barn
Egon Hansen ArchitectsEgon Hansen Architects
Design ideas for a large and black contemporary two floor front house exterior in Other with metal cladding, a pitched roof, a tiled roof and a brown roof.
Katsanevas Residence
Katsanevas Residence
Steven Dailey ConstructionSteven Dailey Construction
Exterior modern with a softened touch. Artisan siding with mitered corners painted Benjamin Moore Kendall Charcoal. Wood look siding is Longboard Facades in Light Cherry. Soffit and fascia are black aluminum.
Laurel Way Beverly Hills luxury modern home exterior design
Laurel Way Beverly Hills luxury modern home exterior design
Whipple Russell ArchitectsWhipple Russell Architects
Laurel Way Beverly Hills luxury modern home exterior design. Photo by William MacCollum.
Design ideas for an expansive and multi-coloured contemporary front detached house in Los Angeles with mixed cladding, three floors and a flat roof.
Modern Glasgow Bungalow
Modern Glasgow Bungalow
MAP Magnus Architect PracticeMAP Magnus Architect Practice
A modern take on the mid-century bungalow that is common in the suburbs all around Scotland. The design uses the ubiquitous low-pitched pyramidal roof with large overhanging eaves as the driver of the form. Below this roof, the design is a mix of traditional rooms to the left and a more modern open-plan layout to the right, all accessed from a central double height central hallway. The rooms to the left house more enclosed areas, such as bedrooms, home-offices and bathrooms, while the kitchen-living-dining areas are in the open-plan areas with great views and connections to the garden and lots of natural light. By matching the vernacular with the modern, this design can cherry pick the best of each to create a home that is fit for modern life.
Green Hills 12
Green Hills 12
Build NashvilleBuild Nashville
This is an example of a contemporary front house exterior in Nashville.
Winthrop Residence
Winthrop Residence
DGK ArchitectsDGK Architects
The driving force behind this design was the blade wall to the ground floor street elevation, which concealed the house's functionality, leaving an element of mystery whilst featuring decorative patterns within the brickwork. – DGK Architects
アーバンアウトドアの家
アーバンアウトドアの家
和建設株式会社和建設株式会社
Inspiration for a contemporary front house exterior in Other.
Sandall House - External View
Sandall House - External View
HEM ArchitectsHEM Architects
Externally, the pre weather timber cladding and profiled fibre cement roof allow the building to sit naturally in its landscape.
This is an example of a medium sized and brown contemporary bungalow front tiny house in Other with mixed cladding, a pitched roof, a mixed material roof, a grey roof and board and batten cladding.
MacArthur Park Single Family Residence
MacArthur Park Single Family Residence
Herron Horton Architects, Inc.Herron Horton Architects, Inc.
Design ideas for a white contemporary two floor brick and front detached house in Little Rock with a pitched roof, a shingle roof and a grey roof.
The Gables - Contemporary House Extension & Remodelling - Entrance View
The Gables - Contemporary House Extension & Remodelling - Entrance View
NVDC ArchitectsNVDC Architects
We were asked by our client to investigate options for reconfiguring and substantially enlarging their one and a half storey bungalow in Whitecraigs Conservation Area. The clients love where they live but not the convoluted layout and size of their house. The existing house has a cellular layout measuring 210m2, and the clients were looking to more than double the size of their home to both enhance the accommodation footprint but also the various additional spaces. The client’s ultimate aim was to create a home suited to their current lifestyle with open plan living spaces and a better connection to their garden grounds. With the house being located within a conservation area, demolition of the existing house was neither an option nor an ecofriendly solution. Our design for the new house therefore consists of a sensitive blend of contemporary design and traditional forms, proportions and materials to create a fully remodelled and modernised substantially enlarged contemporary home measuring 475m2. We are pleased that our design was not only well received by our clients, but also the local planning authority which recently issued planning consent for this new 3 storey home.
WR House
WR House
NineTen ArchitectsNineTen Architects
Artistic render of our proposals to transform this bungalow through extension and deep retrofit
Medium sized and white contemporary bungalow front house exterior in Hertfordshire with wood cladding, a flat roof, a mixed material roof, a grey roof and board and batten cladding.
South Buckinghamshire
South Buckinghamshire
True Blue ArchitectureTrue Blue Architecture
One of the key features of the design requested by the planning department was an asymmetrical frontage to the public road. In addition the boundary planting was enhanced to maintain the woodland character of the street due to the sites proximity to a neighbouring wild life site and the green belt.
1930s Home Renovation and Extension
1930s Home Renovation and Extension
ReVamp Home Improvements LtdReVamp Home Improvements Ltd
Design ideas for a large contemporary front house exterior in Hertfordshire with a tiled roof and a grey roof.
Buchanan
Buchanan
Hutch ArchitectureHutch Architecture
Inspiration for a contemporary front house exterior in Newcastle - Maitland.
Elegant Modern Prairie-Style Home in Town & Country, MO
Elegant Modern Prairie-Style Home in Town & Country, MO
Hibbs HomesHibbs Homes
This custom home completed in 2020 by Hibbs Homes and was designed by Jim Bujelski Architects. This modern-prairie style home features wood and brick cladding and a hipped roof.
Custom Contemporary Shingled House in Northbrook
Custom Contemporary Shingled House in Northbrook
Fraerman Associates ArchitectureFraerman Associates Architecture
Eric Hausman
Inspiration for a gey and large contemporary two floor front detached house in Chicago with wood cladding, a hip roof, a shingle roof, a grey roof and shingles.
Residential Projects
Residential Projects
Cardinal Custom Construction, Inc.Cardinal Custom Construction, Inc.
Photo of a large and gey contemporary two floor front detached house in San Francisco with concrete fibreboard cladding, a pitched roof, a shingle roof, a grey roof and shingles.
New Custom Modern Single Family Home in Palo Alto
New Custom Modern Single Family Home in Palo Alto
MESH dbsMESH dbs
Photo of a large and multi-coloured contemporary front detached house in San Francisco with metal cladding, three floors, a flat roof, a metal roof and a brown roof.
Glenwood Drive
Glenwood Drive
New Age DesignNew Age Design
New Age Design
Photo of a large and black contemporary two floor front detached house in Toronto with a hip roof, a shingle roof, stone cladding and a black roof.

Contemporary Front 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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