Contemporary Orange House Exterior Ideas and Designs

Skipping Girl Vinnegar Factory Conversion

Kit Haselden Photography Pty Ltd

Kit Haselden Photography
Inspiration for a contemporary house exterior in Melbourne.

Queen Anne Residence

Lee 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

Nebraska by the Sea

Robert Young Architects

Design ideas for a brown contemporary two floor house exterior in New York with wood cladding and a lean-to roof.

7th Street Del Mar Exterior

Kristin Lam Interiors

Modern beach house exterior with teak deck. Don Anderson
Photo of a small and gey contemporary bungalow concrete house exterior in San Diego.

Orchid Tree Lane

Mãkena Interiors

Original 1959 Mid Century Alexander Home designed by Palmer & Krisel A.I.A. in Sunrise Park Palm Springs, CA
Inspiration for a contemporary house exterior in Other.

Narrow Passive House - Vancouver, BC

One SEED Architecture + Interiors

Design: One SEED Architecture + Interiors (www.oneseed.ca) Photography: A. Holden-Pope True sustainability deals with the ‘three pillars of sustainability’, which include the environmental, but also the social and economical. The Narrow Passive House responds to each tenet with an understated elegance. This eco-conscious home is designed to take advantage of the earth’s never-ending capacity to heat, cool, and ventilate, while using materials and building systems which are durable and tread lightly on the environment. It boasts a green roof and three storey thermal mass wall.

DC ROOF DECK

ARCHI-TEXTUAL, PLLC

Inspiration for a contemporary house exterior in DC Metro.

Berkeley Sunroom Deck Addition

Canyon Design Build

Treve Johnson Photography
This is an example of a contemporary house exterior in San Francisco.

Heytesbury Street

Principal Construction Limited

Ros Kavanagh
This is an example of a contemporary house exterior in Dublin.

Sonoma Barn

The California Redwood Association

Design ideas for a contemporary house exterior in Other.

Beinert Residence | 2014

Westlake Development Group, LLC

Design ideas for a large and brown contemporary two floor house exterior in Portland with mixed cladding and a pitched roof.

Remodel #5 - Gig Harbor

Gary Howe Construction

Inspiration for a large and gey contemporary split-level house exterior in Seattle with mixed cladding and a flat roof.

Hood Canal

Prentiss Balance Wickline Architects

Jay Goodrich
Inspiration for a small and gey contemporary bungalow house exterior in Seattle with metal cladding and a flat roof.

Simplistic Timber clad extension

Bastion

This is an example of a small and brown contemporary bungalow semi-detached house in Hampshire with wood cladding.

Cedar House, Scottish Borders

Jefcoate Anderson Architects Ltd

Inspiration for a large and brown contemporary two floor house exterior in Edinburgh with wood cladding.

Kent Island Water Front

Allbright Bullock Architects

The windows are clad in three different colors to express the different window types: bronze for ganged windows, green for discrete windows and red for accent windows. The window patterns and sizes are dictated by their use from the interior for an honest aesthetic expression from the exterior.

Schapira--Summit Residence Beverly Hills

RLB Architecture

Design ideas for a large and gey contemporary two floor concrete detached house in Los Angeles with a pitched roof and a shingle roof.

Hilltop House

Sellars Lathrop Architects, llc

Michael Biondo photographer
Large and multi-coloured contemporary two floor detached house in New York with mixed cladding, a pitched roof and a metal roof.

Now You See Me

Lightwell Landscaping and Woodwork

Simplicity and Confidence. This home, with its paint job, used to stand out to some, and go unnoticed to some. With this new exterior veneer concept, its all eyes from passers by. These clients had the vision all the way, and I had the know how. Very happy with how this turned out. 2020 cedar

DC ROOF DECK

ARCHI-TEXTUAL, PLLC

Photo of a contemporary house exterior in DC Metro.

Contemporary Orange 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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