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Villa contemporanea
Villa contemporanea
STILENATURA - costruzioni bioecologiche in legnoSTILENATURA - costruzioni bioecologiche in legno
Gey contemporary two floor detached house in Other with a pitched roof.
MALCOLM - New Home
MALCOLM - New Home
Big House Little HouseBig House Little House
Inspiration for a black contemporary two floor detached house in Brisbane with mixed cladding and a flat roof.
Display Home: Riviera 65
Display Home: Riviera 65
MetriconMetricon
Pool and Exterior // The Signature by Metricon Riviera 65, on display in Sorrento, QLD.
Design ideas for a contemporary house exterior in Gold Coast - Tweed.
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Seaview Escape
Seaview Escape
Coates Design Architecture + InteriorsCoates Design Architecture + Interiors
Coates Design Architects Seattle Lara Swimmer Photography Fairbank Construction
Inspiration for a medium sized and brown contemporary two floor detached house in Seattle with stone cladding, a lean-to roof and a green roof.
Courtyard House
Courtyard House
Delve ArchitectsDelve Architects
Alexander James Photography
Beige contemporary bungalow detached house in London with wood cladding, a pitched roof and a metal roof.
Rhoads Residence
Rhoads Residence
J 3 ArchitectsJ 3 Architects
This is an example of a large and green contemporary two floor detached house in Seattle with vinyl cladding, a hip roof and a mixed material roof.
Boulder 6th Street with ADU
Boulder 6th Street with ADU
Y Rosemary Fivian Architect IncY Rosemary Fivian Architect Inc
This project is a total rework and update of an existing outdated home with a total rework of the floor plan, an addition of a master suite, and an ADU (attached dwelling unit) with a separate entry added to the walk out basement. Daniel O'Connor Photography
Apartaments Rodons / Apartamentos Redondos
Apartaments Rodons / Apartamentos Redondos
estudi d'arquitectura Ricard Turonestudi d'arquitectura Ricard Turon
marc Torra www.fragments.cat
Design ideas for a contemporary house exterior in Other.
Greater Seattle Area | The Jaipur Exterior
Greater Seattle Area | The Jaipur Exterior
JayMarc HomesJayMarc Homes
Northwest Contemporary home designed by Donald Ruthroff of Dahlin Group.
Photo of a large and gey contemporary two floor detached house in Seattle with mixed cladding and a flat roof.
Anderson / Daby Residence
Anderson / Daby Residence
Jon Anderson ArchitectureJon Anderson Architecture
Kirk Gittings Photography
Photo of a contemporary render house exterior in Albuquerque.
Hill Country House
Hill Country House
Miró Rivera ArchitectsMiró Rivera Architects
The temple-like screen porch extends from the volume containing the main living spaces. Photo by Paul Finkel | Piston Design
Photo of a medium sized and white contemporary bungalow detached house in Austin with mixed cladding, a pitched roof and a metal roof.
Rear extension view from garden
Rear extension view from garden
Neu ArchitectsNeu Architects
Design ideas for a medium sized contemporary two floor rear house exterior in London with mixed cladding.
Drummoyne House
Drummoyne House
Vanessa Wegner ArchitectVanessa Wegner Architect
Katherine Lu
Inspiration for a small and black contemporary two floor detached house in Sydney with concrete fibreboard cladding, a flat roof and a metal roof.
Orchard Avenue - Napa
Orchard Avenue - Napa
Westwind ConstructionWestwind Construction
www.jacobelliott.com
Inspiration for an expansive and brown contemporary two floor detached house in San Francisco with wood cladding and a metal roof.
Privathaus in Gütersloh
Privathaus in Gütersloh
Fotografie Frank SchoepgensFotografie Frank Schoepgens
Architekt: Beckmann Architekten Gütersloh Fotografie: www.schoepgens.com Frank Schoepgens ist ein professioneller Fotodesigner aus Köln / NRW mit den Schwerpunkten Porträtfotografie, Architekturfotografie und Corporatefotografie / Unternehmensfotografie.
Un refugio en el Mediterráneo
Un refugio en el Mediterráneo
Cocinas SantosCocinas Santos
Una vez convertidos en propietarios de la vivienda, confiaron a Natalia Zubizarreta la misión de adaptarla a sus necesidades. La interiorista se encargó de elegir y cuidar personalmente la calidad y acabado de todos los detalles, desde los materiales, carpinterías e iluminación, hasta el mobiliario y los elementos decorativos. | Interiorismo y decoración: Natalia Zubizarreta. Fotografía: Erlantz Biderbost.
Brick Aperture House
Brick Aperture House
Kreis Grennan ArchitectureKreis Grennan Architecture
Photography by Michael Nicholson
This is an example of a medium sized contemporary two floor brick detached house in Sydney with a flat roof and a metal roof.
Einfamilienhaus Smyk
Einfamilienhaus Smyk
Annika Feuss FotografieAnnika Feuss Fotografie
Annika Feuss
Design ideas for a contemporary house exterior in Cologne.
hauska
hauska
株式会社アネストワン株式会社アネストワン
Inspiration for a contemporary house exterior in Nagoya.

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.
Security, Surveillance & Life Safety
Security, Surveillance & Life Safety
SAV Digital EnvironmentsSAV Digital Environments
Audrey Hall Photography
Design ideas for a large and brown contemporary two floor detached house in Other with stone cladding and a flat roof.
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