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House Exterior with a Green Roof Ideas and Designs

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Dawnsknoll Residence
Dawnsknoll Residence
MINARCMINARC
Art Gray Photography
Brown contemporary two floor detached house in Los Angeles with mixed cladding, a flat roof and a green roof.
Dani Ridge House
Dani Ridge House
Studio SchicketanzStudio Schicketanz
Bob Canfield
Design ideas for a contemporary house exterior in San Francisco with wood cladding and a green roof.
Chameleon
Chameleon
Daniel Koh PhotographyDaniel Koh Photography
Daniel Koh
This is an example of a gey world-inspired two floor detached house in Singapore with a flat roof and a green roof.
Oak Pass Main House
Oak Pass Main House
Walker WorkshopWalker Workshop
Gey modern two floor detached house in Los Angeles with mixed cladding, a flat roof and a green roof.
Grandview Laneway Residence - Exterior
Grandview Laneway Residence - Exterior
Novell Design Build & Novella OutdoorsNovell Design Build & Novella Outdoors
People are happier in a green environment than in grey surroundings! Between the pavers, we planted some creeping thyme, and put a little plum tree in their small yard! An herb garden and downspout garden was a must-have for these excellent chefs. By building a living roof, we climate-proofed this laneway.A green roof provides a rainwater buffer, purifies the air, reduces the ambient temperature, regulates the indoor temperature, saves energy and encourages biodiversity in the city.
Lake House Two - Exterior
Lake House Two - Exterior
McClellan | TelloneMcClellan | Tellone
Ben Benschneider
Modern house exterior in Seattle with wood cladding and a green roof.
RUSTICASA | Casa do Brezo | Paredes de Coura
RUSTICASA | Casa do Brezo | Paredes de Coura
RUSTICASARUSTICASA
La estilización llega a su paroxismo con el modelo Coral de Rusticasa® © Rusticasa
Photo of a small and brown world-inspired bungalow detached house in Other with wood cladding, a flat roof and a green roof.
Clive and Jeanne's House
Clive and Jeanne's House
UserUser
Adam Carter Photography
Inspiration for a medium sized and multi-coloured contemporary two floor detached house in Cambridgeshire with a flat roof, a green roof and mixed cladding.
War House
War House
CLAPP ArchitectesCLAPP Architectes
Vue depuis l'entrée et le carport
Design ideas for a large and brown contemporary bungalow front detached house in Other with wood cladding, a flat roof, a green roof, a black roof and shiplap cladding.
Walnut Woods Residence
Walnut Woods Residence
John Senhauser ArchitectsJohn Senhauser Architects
Taking its cues from both persona and place, this residence seeks to reconcile a difficult, walnut-wooded site with the late client’s desire to live in a log home in the woods. The residence was conceived as a 24 ft x 150 ft linear bar rising into the trees from northwest to southeast. Positioned according to subdivision covenants, the structure bridges 40 ft across an existing intermittent creek, thereby preserving the natural drainage patterns and habitat. The residence’s long and narrow massing allowed many of the trees to remain, enabling the client to live in a wooded environment. A requested pool “grotto” and porte cochere complete the site interventions. The structure’s section rises successively up a cascading stair to culminate in a glass-enclosed meditative space (known lovingly as the “bird feeder”), providing access to the grass roof via an exterior stair. The walnut trees, cleared from the site during construction, were locally milled and returned to the residence as hardwood flooring. Photo credit: Scott HIsey
Off the Grid Custom
Off the Grid Custom
Timberwood Construction Inc.Timberwood Construction Inc.
This is an example of a brown and large rustic detached house in Seattle with three floors, wood cladding, a flat roof and a green roof.
Exterior
Exterior
Tan Hai HanTan Hai Han
private residential house designed by Formwerkz Architects (Singapore)
This is an example of a gey modern two floor detached house in Singapore with a flat roof and a green roof.
Villa im Bauhausstil mit Teich im Garten
Villa im Bauhausstil mit Teich im Garten
Dipl.-Ing. Carsten Krafft ArchitektDipl.-Ing. Carsten Krafft Architekt
Trappmann Michael
This is an example of an expansive and white contemporary two floor render detached house in Dortmund with a flat roof and a green roof.
Chameleon
Chameleon
Daniel Koh PhotographyDaniel Koh Photography
Daniel Koh
Inspiration for a gey world-inspired two floor detached house in Other with a flat roof and a green roof.

House Exterior with a Green Roof 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.
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