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Old Florida Beach
Old Florida Beach
Geoff Chick & AssociatesGeoff Chick & Associates
Design ideas for a beige beach style two floor detached house in Other with mixed cladding, a pitched roof and a metal roof.
Westside Station
Westside Station
Brock BuiltBrock Built
Photo of a red urban brick terraced house in Atlanta with three floors and a flat roof.
Oak Knoll Transformation
Oak Knoll Transformation
TEA2 ArchitectsTEA2 Architects
Design ideas for a gey traditional house exterior in Minneapolis.
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Vermont goes Hobbit Modern
Vermont goes Hobbit Modern
Meditch Murphey ArchitectsMeditch Murphey Architects
Morning mist rises with the sun. photo by Lael Taylor
Inspiration for a small and brown rustic two floor detached house in DC Metro with wood cladding, a pitched roof and a metal roof.
Sequoia House
Sequoia House
Seven SundaysSeven Sundays
Photo of a medium sized and green rustic two floor detached house in San Francisco with a pitched roof and a shingle roof.
Torch Lake Timber Remodel
Torch Lake Timber Remodel
Edgewater Design GroupEdgewater Design Group
We were hired to add space to their cottage while still maintaining the current architectural style. We enlarged the home's living area, created a larger mudroom off the garage entry, enlarged the screen porch and created a covered porch off the dining room and the existing deck was also enlarged. On the second level, we added an additional bunk room, bathroom, and new access to the bonus room above the garage. The exterior was also embellished with timber beams and brackets as well as a stunning new balcony off the master bedroom. Trim details and new staining completed the look. - Jacqueline Southby Photography
Hibiscus Residence
Hibiscus Residence
Borges + Associates ArchitectsBorges + Associates Architects
Stephen Brooke
This is an example of a large and gey modern two floor render detached house in Miami with a flat roof.
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Ryan Hainey Photography LLC.Ryan Hainey Photography LLC.
This is an example of a brown contemporary split-level detached house in Milwaukee with mixed cladding and a flat roof.
St Helena,CA, Modern Home
St Helena,CA, Modern Home
Michael Hospelt PhotographyMichael Hospelt Photography
©Michael Hospelt, Architect: Lev Weisbach
Photo of a gey contemporary two floor house exterior in San Francisco with a flat roof.
Wandsworth Common
Wandsworth Common
Ensoul LtdEnsoul Ltd
Work involved creating a new under garden basement with glass rooflights shown here. Glass cube covers the staircase to the basement and frameless bi-folding glass doors open up the house and create a complete outdoor indoor living space within.
22 Chaddesley Glen
22 Chaddesley Glen
David James Architects & Partners LtdDavid James Architects & Partners Ltd
Design ideas for a brown contemporary two floor house exterior in Dorset with mixed cladding and a flat roof.
Wood Family Cabin Deconstruction and Reconstruction
Wood Family Cabin Deconstruction and Reconstruction
ServeScapeServeScape
Alex Arnett (Alex the Photo Guy)
Inspiration for a rustic bungalow house exterior in Atlanta with wood cladding and a pitched roof.
Salcombe House, Leeds
Salcombe House, Leeds
Bean Designed LimitedBean Designed Limited
Cloud Nine
Photo of a classic two floor rear extension in Devon.
Westchester Whimsy
Westchester Whimsy
Daniel Contelmo ArchitectsDaniel Contelmo Architects
The front elevation shows the formal entry to the house. A stone path the the side leads to an informal entry. Set into a slope, the front of the house faces a hill covered in wildflowers. The pool house is set farther down the hill and can be seem behind the house. Photo by: Daniel Contelmo Jr.
Family Share
Family Share
b9 architectsb9 architects
Our client’s goal was to create a small, high-performance, healthy home for herself and her teenage son while providing a place for her father to age in place. An attached private accessory dwelling provides a space for him as well as flexibility in the future. The new home was designed to minimize its footprint on site, made smaller than the original 1930’s house. Embracing adaptability and efficiency, the residence includes two dwellings: a one-bedroom 795 square-foot accessory dwelling at the lower grade and a two-story 1330 square-foot primary dwelling located above. Involved in all aspects of project execution, our client oversaw the process by living in a used trailer parked in the backyard throughout the project’s construction. Family-Share focused on maximizing the footprint’s performance, access to natural light and the health of the occupants. Sustainable features include high-performance glazing, solar preheat for domestic and hot water in-floor heating and reclaimed fir car decking rainscreen siding.
Skagit Bay Waterfront, Camano Island WA
Skagit Bay Waterfront, Camano Island WA
Dan Nelson, Designs Northwest ArchitectsDan Nelson, Designs Northwest Architects
View from beach.
Gey beach style two floor detached house in Seattle with a pitched roof, wood cladding, a shingle roof, a grey roof and board and batten cladding.
Exteriors
Exteriors
Todd Crawford PhotographyTodd Crawford Photography
Todd Crawford
Design ideas for a contemporary house exterior in Chicago with wood cladding and a lean-to roof.
Trout Lake 1 Lakeside
Trout Lake 1 Lakeside
Lands End Development - Designers & BuildersLands End Development - Designers & Builders
This is an example of a rustic house exterior in Minneapolis.

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 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 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 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 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 exterior architecture choices for your house designs.
Lake House
Lake House
Castanes Architects PSCastanes Architects PS
The house opens up on East elevation to focus it's attention to the beautifully landscaped gardens and stunning view of the lake and silhouette of the City and the mountains Photo: Aaron Leitz
Exterior View, Backyard
Exterior View, Backyard
ODS ArchitectureODS Architecture
Backyard view shows the house has been expanded with a new deck at the same level as the dining room interior, with a new hot tub in front of the master bedroom, outdoor dining table with fireplace and overhead lighting, big French doors opening from dining to the outdoors, and a fully equipped professional kitchen with sliding windows allowing passing through to an equally fully equipped outdoor kitchen with Big Green Egg BBQ, grill and deep-fryer unit.
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