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Contemporary House Exterior with Wood Cladding Ideas and Designs

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Island Passive House
Island Passive House
The Artisans Group, Inc.The Artisans Group, Inc.
This prefabricated 1,800 square foot Certified Passive House is designed and built by The Artisans Group, located in the rugged central highlands of Shaw Island, in the San Juan Islands. It is the first Certified Passive House in the San Juans, and the fourth in Washington State. The home was built for $330 per square foot, while construction costs for residential projects in the San Juan market often exceed $600 per square foot. Passive House measures did not increase this projects’ cost of construction. The clients are retired teachers, and desired a low-maintenance, cost-effective, energy-efficient house in which they could age in place; a restful shelter from clutter, stress and over-stimulation. The circular floor plan centers on the prefabricated pod. Radiating from the pod, cabinetry and a minimum of walls defines functions, with a series of sliding and concealable doors providing flexible privacy to the peripheral spaces. The interior palette consists of wind fallen light maple floors, locally made FSC certified cabinets, stainless steel hardware and neutral tiles in black, gray and white. The exterior materials are painted concrete fiberboard lap siding, Ipe wood slats and galvanized metal. The home sits in stunning contrast to its natural environment with no formal landscaping. Photo Credit: Art Gray
Contemporary Custom Home Mountain Views
Contemporary Custom Home Mountain Views
Tomecek Studio ArchitectureTomecek Studio Architecture
Photography by John Gibbons Project by Studio H:T principal in charge Brad Tomecek (now with Tomecek Studio Architecture). This contemporary custom home forms itself based on specific view vectors to Long's Peak and the mountains of the front range combined with the influence of a morning and evening court to facilitate exterior living. Roof forms undulate to allow clerestory light into the space, while providing intimate scale for the exterior areas. A long stone wall provides a reference datum that links public and private and inside and outside into a cohesive whole.
MAISON PASSIVE - TABANAC / GIRONDE
MAISON PASSIVE - TABANAC / GIRONDE
POLY RYTHMIC ARCHITECTUREPOLY RYTHMIC ARCHITECTURE
Façade Sud, terrasse ombragée - Crédit Photo Richard Noury
Inspiration for a medium sized contemporary two floor house exterior in Bordeaux with wood cladding and a flat roof.
Early Work 90s Porte Cochere
Early Work 90s Porte Cochere
Peter B. Harmon, A.I.A., Architecture + PlanningPeter B. Harmon, A.I.A., Architecture + Planning
Photo of an expansive and beige contemporary two floor house exterior in San Francisco with wood cladding.
Deck
Deck
UserUser
Nick Ryan
Inspiration for an expansive and brown contemporary two floor house exterior in New York with wood cladding and a half-hip roof.
Creek House
Creek House
Miramonti Architect PCMiramonti Architect PC
Design ideas for a large and brown contemporary detached house in Denver with three floors, wood cladding and a pitched roof.
Menlo Park High Performance Modern
Menlo Park High Performance Modern
Clarum HomesClarum Homes
Contemporary house exterior in San Francisco with wood cladding.
Alaska Vacation Home
Alaska Vacation Home
Nicholas Moriarty Interiors (NMI, LLC.)Nicholas Moriarty Interiors (NMI, LLC.)
Nicholas Moriarty Interiors
Inspiration for a large and brown contemporary two floor house exterior in Chicago with wood cladding.
West Marin Residence
West Marin Residence
Turnbull Griffin HaesloopTurnbull Griffin Haesloop
Photo by David Wakely
Inspiration for a contemporary house exterior in San Francisco with wood cladding.
Rihadema
Rihadema
Collaborative DesignworksCollaborative Designworks
The project is a single-family home designed to amplify the awareness of nature through the manipulation of key viewpoints. Photo credit: Ben Hill
Design ideas for a contemporary house exterior in Houston with wood cladding.
Gwelup
Gwelup
UserUser
Inspiration for a contemporary house exterior in Perth with wood cladding.
Riverhouse
Riverhouse
BWArchitectsBWArchitects
Photo: practical(ly) studios ©2012
Photo of a contemporary house exterior in New York with wood cladding.
A Cabin in the Woods
A Cabin in the Woods
Kathleen Donohue, Neil Kelly Co.Kathleen Donohue, Neil Kelly Co.
This family cabin, built in the mid '60's has provided a much loved family retreat for generations. A beautiful wooded setting with breath-taking mountain views combined with the good bones of the cabin warranted a complete make-over to update it for now and for generations to come. Two small additions enlarge living space and tuck under existing deep roof overhangs. Chandler Photography
Green Built Modern
Green Built Modern
Kirsten Robertson 425Kirsten Robertson 425
FJU Photography
Inspiration for a contemporary house exterior in Seattle with wood cladding and a butterfly roof.
Gillsville House
Gillsville House
Robert M. Cain, ArchitectRobert M. Cain, Architect
This 2,010-square-foot house is an elegantly simple structure that combines familiar rural materials and 200-year-old architectural precedents. The house is distinctive in that it acknowledges the plain style southern vernacular farmhouse roots of the older and more utilitarian structures in the area and interprets them in a very modern way. It’s a marriage of two southern vernacular architectural styles: the shotgun and the dogtrot house. Photo: Rob Karosis
LoHi Private Residence
LoHi Private Residence
Andrea Schumacher InteriorsAndrea Schumacher Interiors
Raul Garcia
Contemporary house exterior in Denver with wood cladding.
Magnolia Residence
Magnolia Residence
Ryan Rhodes Designs, Inc.Ryan Rhodes Designs, Inc.
Inspiration for a contemporary house exterior in Seattle with wood cladding and a pitched roof.
West Van Residence
West Van Residence
Warline Painting Ltd.Warline Painting Ltd.
Ina VanTonder
Inspiration for a blue and large contemporary two floor detached house in Vancouver with wood cladding, a hip roof and a metal roof.
Queen Anne Residence
Queen Anne Residence
Lee Edwards - residential designLee Edwards - residential design
Custom Contemporary Home in a Northwest Modern Style utilizing warm natural materials such as cedar rainscreen siding, douglas fir beams, ceilings and cabinetry to soften the hard edges and clean lines generated with durable materials such as quartz counters, porcelain tile floors, custom steel railings and cast-in-place concrete hardscapes. Photographs by Miguel Edwards
Frelo
Frelo
ROM architecture studioROM architecture studio
Architect: Carol Sundstrom, AIA Photography: © Dale Lang
Red and large contemporary two floor house exterior in Seattle with wood cladding and a flat roof.

Contemporary House Exterior with Wood Cladding 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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