Contemporary Red House Exterior Ideas and Designs

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Black contemporary two floor detached house in Other with a flat roof.

1 bedroom grannyflat / small house

Baahouse + Baastudio Pty Ltd

Darren Kerr photography
Small contemporary house exterior in Brisbane with a lean-to roof.

Fleetwood Distinguished Photos

Fleetwood Windows & Doors

This is an example of a large and brown contemporary house exterior in Los Angeles with a flat roof, three floors and mixed cladding.

bathroom tile and glass block window

Midwest Remodel and Repair

glass block window and maintenance free aluminum window trim
Inspiration for a small and red contemporary bungalow brick detached house in Other with a hip roof and a shingle roof.

Castlecrag House

Greenbox Architecture

Design ideas for a red contemporary bungalow brick house exterior in Sydney with a pitched roof.

Krause Small Cottage

User

Steve Smith, ImaginePhotographics
Contemporary house exterior in Portland.

Beethoven Residence

Inchoate

Designed by Inchoate Architecture, LLC. Photos by Corinne Cobabe
Photo of a medium sized and red contemporary two floor detached house in Los Angeles with mixed cladding and a lean-to roof.

Ramp House

MJ Neal Architects

Viviane Vives, MJ Neal, John Petijohn
This is an example of a large and red contemporary two floor house exterior in Austin with mixed cladding and a flat roof.

Bley Sleeping House

A.GRUPPO Architects - San Marcos

Craig Kuhner Architectural Photography
This is an example of a red contemporary house exterior in Austin.

Amass-Miller Residence

RMT Architects

Brent Bingham Digital FX inc.
Photo of a contemporary house exterior in Denver with stone cladding.

Baypoint II

Jason Thomas Architect

Design ideas for a large and red contemporary two floor render house exterior in New York with a pitched roof.

Contemporary Exterior

Inspiration for a contemporary house exterior in Melbourne.

Wohnhaus in Apen mit Anbau mit Cedral Fassade

Cedral

Erweiterung eines Einfamilienhauses mit Cedral Lap in Boden-Deckel-Schalung, rot C 61 Fotograf: Conné van d´Grachten
Design ideas for a medium sized and red contemporary bungalow detached house with mixed cladding, a pitched roof and a tiled roof.

Alver

User

This is an example of a contemporary two floor house exterior in Perth.

Lake Harriet Loft

CHRISTOPHER STROM ARCHITECTS

photo by Architect
This is an example of a red contemporary house exterior in Minneapolis with a pitched roof.

Bentley

Dunn-Edwards Paints

Dunn-Edwards paint colors - Walls: White DEW380 Accent: Pink Dahlia DET419 Accent: Le Corbusier Crush DET421 Jeremy Samuelson Photography | www.jeremysamuelson.com

Krause Small Cottage

Rainbow Valley Design & Construction

Steve Smith, ImaginePhotographics
Contemporary bungalow tiny house in Other with a lean-to roof and an orange house.

Referensbilder

Lowén Widman Arkitekter

Inspiration for a contemporary house exterior in Stockholm.

Northfield Residence

Sheehan Nagle Hartray Architects

Entry view. Doug Snower Photography
Design ideas for a contemporary house exterior in Chicago.

Galisteo Basin Preserve

Archaeo Architects

Robert Reck
This is an example of a large and gey contemporary bungalow clay house exterior in Albuquerque with a flat roof.

Contemporary Red 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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