skip to main content
Photos
Photos
Advice
Stories From Houzz
Houzz Discussions
Houzz Research
Sign In
Houzz Logo Print
  1. House Exterior
  2. Roof Colour: Grey

Contemporary House Exterior with a Grey Roof Ideas and Designs

All Filters (2)
Refine by:
1 - 20 of 2,947 photos
Item 1 of 3
Wilmar
Wilmar
Fiddes ArchitectsFiddes Architects
Design ideas for a multi-coloured contemporary two floor detached house in Other with mixed cladding, a lean-to roof and a grey roof.
Modern & Contemporary Rustic House in Hartford Austin Texas Project By Darash
Modern & Contemporary Rustic House in Hartford Austin Texas Project By Darash
By Darash - Kitchen Cabinets, Vanities & ClosetsBy Darash - Kitchen Cabinets, Vanities & Closets
Beautiful landscaping design path to this modern rustic home in Hartford, Austin, Texas, 2022 project By Darash
Photo of a large and white contemporary two floor detached house in Austin with wood cladding, a lean-to roof, a shingle roof, a grey roof and board and batten cladding.
Icking S 2
Icking S 2
Lebensraum Holz GmbHLebensraum Holz GmbH
Photo of a large and gey contemporary two floor detached house in Munich with wood cladding, a pitched roof, a tiled roof, a grey roof and shiplap cladding.
Grogans Mill Contemporary
Grogans Mill Contemporary
Brickmoon DesignBrickmoon Design
Inspiration for a white contemporary two floor render detached house in Houston with a pitched roof, a mixed material roof and a grey roof.
Коттедж 140 кв.м
Коттедж 140 кв.м
Екатерина Токмакова | Per La VitaЕкатерина Токмакова | Per La Vita
Design ideas for a medium sized and multi-coloured contemporary two floor brick detached house in Other with a metal roof and a grey roof.
B41 - Lichtdurchflutetes Wohnhaus mit Klinker- und Holzfassade
B41 - Lichtdurchflutetes Wohnhaus mit Klinker- und Holzfassade
FINKE BAUKUNSTFINKE BAUKUNST
Als Kontrast zu dem warmen Klinkerstein sind die Giebelseiten mit grauem Lärchenholz verkleidet. Foto: Ziegelei Hebrok
Medium sized and gey contemporary detached house in Other with wood cladding, a pitched roof, a tiled roof, a grey roof and shiplap cladding.
Clarendon House
Clarendon House
Benedict DesignBenedict Design
The rear extension is expressed as a simple gable form. The addition steps out to the full width of the block, and accommodates a second bathroom in addition to a tiny shed accessed on the rear facade. The remaining 2/3 of the facade is expressed as a recessed opening with sliding doors and a gable window.
Pickford Residence
Pickford Residence
AAHA StudioAAHA Studio
Front facade design
Design ideas for a medium sized and white contemporary two floor detached house in Los Angeles with mixed cladding, a lean-to roof, a shingle roof and a grey roof.
Kirkland Outdoor Kitchen
Kirkland Outdoor Kitchen
H2D Architecture + DesignH2D Architecture + Design
Outdoor kitchen with covered area. Design by: H2D Architecture + Design www.h2darchitects.com Built by: Crescent Builds Photos by: Julie Mannell Photography
Modern Remodel
Modern Remodel
Noble Johnson ArchitectsNoble Johnson Architects
Modern remodel to a traditional Nashville home
Gey contemporary two floor detached house in Nashville with a lean-to roof, a mixed material roof and a grey roof.
Riverside House
Riverside House
Concept 8 ArchitectsConcept 8 Architects
Photo of a white contemporary two floor detached house in Surrey with a pitched roof and a grey roof.
Racine
Racine
Studio MMA Architecture + DesignStudio MMA Architecture + Design
Façade avant / Front Facade
Inspiration for a medium sized and beige contemporary two floor detached house in Montreal with mixed cladding, a pitched roof, a shingle roof and a grey roof.
HILLSIDE
HILLSIDE
Domiteaux Garza ArchitectureDomiteaux Garza Architecture
Large and gey contemporary brick detached house in Dallas with three floors, a butterfly roof, a metal roof and a grey roof.
Georgetown SC, Low Country Home
Georgetown SC, Low Country Home
Cox Architecture and DesignCox Architecture and Design
Photo of a medium sized and white contemporary two floor detached house in Charleston with concrete fibreboard cladding, a hip roof, a shingle roof, a grey roof and board and batten cladding.
Mulberry Modern
Mulberry Modern
Fairview Custom HomesFairview Custom Homes
This is an example of a medium sized and brown contemporary detached house in Other with three floors, wood cladding, a pitched roof, a metal roof, shiplap cladding and a grey roof.
Ansicht I Eingangsbereich
Ansicht I Eingangsbereich
SIED[ ]ARCHITEKTENSIED[ ]ARCHITEKTEN
Photo of a large and brown contemporary concrete semi-detached house in Other with three floors, a pitched roof, a metal roof, a grey roof and board and batten cladding.
Crondace House
Crondace House
Jo Cowen ArchitectsJo Cowen Architects
Inspiration for a medium sized contemporary brick terraced house in London with three floors, a mansard roof and a grey roof.
Contemporary Larch Timber Clad Extension
Contemporary Larch Timber Clad Extension
Beckmann ArchitectureBeckmann Architecture
Individual larch timber battens with a discrete shadow gap between to provide a contemporary uniform appearance.
Small contemporary bungalow detached house in Hampshire with wood cladding, a flat roof, a mixed material roof, a grey roof and board and batten cladding.
Tonal Harmony Front Exterior
Tonal Harmony Front Exterior
Drewett WorksDrewett Works
With adjacent neighbors within a fairly dense section of Paradise Valley, Arizona, C.P. Drewett sought to provide a tranquil retreat for a new-to-the-Valley surgeon and his family who were seeking the modernism they loved though had never lived in. With a goal of consuming all possible site lines and views while maintaining autonomy, a portion of the house — including the entry, office, and master bedroom wing — is subterranean. This subterranean nature of the home provides interior grandeur for guests but offers a welcoming and humble approach, fully satisfying the clients requests. While the lot has an east-west orientation, the home was designed to capture mainly north and south light which is more desirable and soothing. The architecture’s interior loftiness is created with overlapping, undulating planes of plaster, glass, and steel. The woven nature of horizontal planes throughout the living spaces provides an uplifting sense, inviting a symphony of light to enter the space. The more voluminous public spaces are comprised of stone-clad massing elements which convert into a desert pavilion embracing the outdoor spaces. Every room opens to exterior spaces providing a dramatic embrace of home to natural environment. Grand Award winner for Best Interior Design of a Custom Home The material palette began with a rich, tonal, large-format Quartzite stone cladding. The stone’s tones gaveforth the rest of the material palette including a champagne-colored metal fascia, a tonal stucco system, and ceilings clad with hemlock, a tight-grained but softer wood that was tonally perfect with the rest of the materials. The interior case goods and wood-wrapped openings further contribute to the tonal harmony of architecture and materials. Grand Award Winner for Best Indoor Outdoor Lifestyle for a Home This award-winning project was recognized at the 2020 Gold Nugget Awards with two Grand Awards, one for Best Indoor/Outdoor Lifestyle for a Home, and another for Best Interior Design of a One of a Kind or Custom Home. At the 2020 Design Excellence Awards and Gala presented by ASID AZ North, Ownby Design received five awards for Tonal Harmony. The project was recognized for 1st place – Bathroom; 3rd place – Furniture; 1st place – Kitchen; 1st place – Outdoor Living; and 2nd place – Residence over 6,000 square ft. Congratulations to Claire Ownby, Kalysha Manzo, and the entire Ownby Design team. Tonal Harmony was also featured on the cover of the July/August 2020 issue of Luxe Interiors + Design and received a 14-page editorial feature entitled “A Place in the Sun” within the magazine.
Icking S 2
Icking S 2
Lebensraum Holz GmbHLebensraum Holz GmbH
Photo of a large and gey contemporary two floor detached house in Munich with wood cladding, a pitched roof, a tiled roof, a grey roof and shiplap cladding.

Contemporary House Exterior with a Grey 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 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.
1
123456789Next Page
United Kingdom
Tailor my experience with cookies

Houzz uses cookies and similar technologies to personalise my experience, serve me relevant content, and improve Houzz products and services. By clicking ‘Accept’ I agree to this, as further described in the Houzz Cookie Policy. I can reject non-essential cookies by clicking ‘Manage Preferences’.