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Contemporary Terraced House Ideas and Designs

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Modern Town House
Modern Town House
MaterialMaterial
Medium sized and beige contemporary two floor terraced house with stone cladding, a lean-to roof and a metal roof.
Ravenshaw Street, West Hampstead, London NW6
Ravenshaw Street, West Hampstead, London NW6
Brosh ArchitectsBrosh Architects
Rear elevation of a Victorian terraced home
Medium sized contemporary brick and rear house exterior in London with three floors, a pitched roof, a tiled roof and a black roof.
Dual Occupancy Townhouse Development: Newport
Dual Occupancy Townhouse Development: Newport
First Avenue HomesFirst Avenue Homes
Sam Martin - 4 Walls Media
Inspiration for a medium sized and gey contemporary two floor terraced house in Melbourne with wood cladding, a pitched roof and a metal roof.
Williamsburg Addition
Williamsburg Addition
LETA ArchitectureLETA Architecture
Inspiration for a multi-coloured contemporary brick terraced house in New York with three floors and a flat roof.
Aqua Perma Solar Firma Exterior
Aqua Perma Solar Firma Exterior
CplusC Architects + BuildersCplusC Architects + Builders
Murray Fredericks
This is an example of a medium sized contemporary two floor terraced house in Sydney.
Paddington Butterfly House
Paddington Butterfly House
Michelle Walker architectsMichelle Walker architects
courtyard, indoor outdoor living, polished concrete, open plan kitchen, dining, living Rowan Turner Photography
Design ideas for a small and gey contemporary two floor terraced house in Sydney with a metal roof.
19" Row House
19" Row House
Green Couch DesignGreen Couch Design
A slender three-story home, designed for vibrant downtown living and cozy entertaining.
Design ideas for a medium sized and red contemporary brick terraced house in Oklahoma City with three floors, a pitched roof, a metal roof and a grey roof.
Townhouse, Brooklyn Navy Yard
Townhouse, Brooklyn Navy Yard
The New Design ProjectThe New Design Project
Inspiration for a large contemporary bungalow terraced house in New York.
Green Roof, Copper House
Green Roof, Copper House
BBA (Butcher Bayley Architects)BBA (Butcher Bayley Architects)
Photo credit: Matthew Smith ( http://www.msap.co.uk)
Photo of a medium sized and green contemporary terraced house in Cambridgeshire with three floors, metal cladding, a flat roof and a green roof.
Boscastle Road
Boscastle Road
UserUser
Nathalie Priem
Photo of a contemporary brick terraced house in London with three floors.
Retro contemporary design, build and renovation + a garden and loft extension
Retro contemporary design, build and renovation + a garden and loft extension
Mel Massey StudioMel Massey Studio
David Giles
Large and beige contemporary brick and rear house exterior in London with three floors, a pitched roof and a tiled roof.
Study House
Study House
Studio 30 ArchitectsStudio 30 Architects
Medium sized and beige contemporary brick and rear house exterior in London with three floors.
Victoria Park House
Victoria Park House
Brian O'Tuama ArchitectsBrian O'Tuama Architects
Inspiration for a medium sized contemporary brick and rear house exterior in London.
Rice Military | Blossom
Rice Military | Blossom
Showhomes HoustonShowhomes Houston
Stylish and modern free standing residence
Design ideas for a large and white contemporary render terraced house in Houston with three floors.
Contemporary steel gates
Contemporary steel gates
Pacific Garage Doors & GatesPacific Garage Doors & Gates
Pacific Garage Doors & Gates Burbank & Glendale's Highly Preferred Garage Door & Gate Services Location: North Hollywood, CA 91606
This is an example of a large and beige contemporary render terraced house in Los Angeles with three floors, a hip roof and a shingle roof.
Greenwich Village Townhouse
Greenwich Village Townhouse
The Turett CollaborativeThe Turett Collaborative
The new owners of this West Village Manhattan townhouse knew that gutting an historically significant building would be a complex undertaking. They were admirers of Turett's townhouse renovations elsewhere in the neighborhood and brought his team on board to convert the multi-unit structure into a single family home. Turett's team had extensive experience with Landmarks, and worked closely with preservationists to anticipate the special needs of the protected facade. The TCA team met with the city's Excavation Unit, city-appointed archeologists, preservationists, Community Boards, and neighbors to bring the owner's original vision - a peaceful home on a tree-line street - to life. Turett worked with adjacent homeowners to achieve a planted rear-yard design that satisfied all interested parties, and brought an impressive array of engineers and consultants aboard to help guarantee a safe process. Turett worked with the owners to design a light-filled house, with landscaped yard and terraces, a music parlor, a skylit gym with pool, and every amenity. The final designs include Turett's signature tour-de-force stairs; sectional invention creating overlapping volumes of space; a dramatic triple-height steel-and-glass elevation; extraordinary acoustical and thermal insulation as part of a highly energy efficient envelope.
Light House
Light House
Coda WorkshopCoda Workshop
Extension and internal refurbishment in Kings Heath, Birmingham. We created a highly insulated and warm environment that is flooded with light.
Inspiration for a small and gey contemporary bungalow rear house exterior with stone cladding, a pitched roof, a tiled roof, a grey roof and shingles.
Contemporary Exterior
Contemporary Exterior
Large and gey contemporary render terraced house in Melbourne with three floors, a flat roof and a metal roof.
Dual Occupancy Townhouse Development: Newport
Dual Occupancy Townhouse Development: Newport
First Avenue HomesFirst Avenue Homes
Sam Martin - 4 Walls Media
Photo of a medium sized and gey contemporary two floor terraced house in Melbourne with wood cladding, a pitched roof and a metal roof.
Papamoa Townhouses
Papamoa Townhouses
MOD ArchitectureMOD Architecture
Wayne Tait Photograpgy
Medium sized and white contemporary terraced house in Other with three floors, wood cladding, a pitched roof and a metal roof.

Contemporary Terraced House 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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