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Glass House Exterior with Three Floors Ideas and Designs

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West Square
West Square
Nick Leith-Smith Architecture + DesignNick Leith-Smith Architecture + Design
A striking and practical contemporary glass extension on this Georgian Listed building. Featured twice in Evening Standard’s Homes & Property.
Inspiration for a large contemporary glass terraced house in London with three floors.
Laurel Way | Beverly Hills CA
Laurel Way | Beverly Hills CA
FulkraFulkra
http://fulkra.com/services/feel
This is an example of a medium sized and beige contemporary glass house exterior in Los Angeles with three floors.
Steel and Glass Home overlooking La Jolla
Steel and Glass Home overlooking La Jolla
Hamilton-Gray Design, Inc.Hamilton-Gray Design, Inc.
Inspiration for a white contemporary glass detached house in San Diego with three floors.
Norman Park
Norman Park
Builtex HomesBuiltex Homes
Adam Johnson
Photo of a large and white modern glass house exterior in Brisbane with three floors.
Cholmeley Crescent (3), rear exterior
Cholmeley Crescent (3), rear exterior
Yabsley Stevens Architects Ltd.Yabsley Stevens Architects Ltd.
Rory Gardiner
Photo of a large and red contemporary glass house exterior in London with three floors and a flat roof.
Chiswick Residence-Exterior
Chiswick Residence-Exterior
Studio GestaltStudio Gestalt
The modern exterior uses glass, lighting, clean lines to hint at the architectural space inside and maximising the water front views
Design ideas for an expansive and gey contemporary glass detached house in Sydney with three floors, a flat roof and a mixed material roof.
Asquith
Asquith
Darley AluminiumDarley Aluminium
ChristinaK Photography
Inspiration for a modern glass flat in Sydney with three floors.
Grey House
Grey House
Smerin ArchitectsSmerin Architects
Lyndon Douglas
Expansive contemporary glass house exterior in London with three floors and a flat roof.
光りが拡散する家
光りが拡散する家
Earnest architectsEarnest architects
前面に施した乳白色ガラスから室内のやわらかい光がもれる夜の外観。
This is an example of a large and white modern glass house exterior in Tokyo with three floors and a flat roof.
Glasshouse
Glasshouse
Dwelling Architectural DesignDwelling Architectural Design
Kelk Photography
Photo of a large and red modern glass terraced house in Dunedin with three floors.
Contemporary Exterior
Contemporary Exterior
This is an example of a large and brown contemporary glass house exterior in New York with three floors and a flat roof.
Augsburger Holzhaus "Passivhauszentrum"
Augsburger Holzhaus "Passivhauszentrum"
Augsburger Holzhaus GmbHAugsburger Holzhaus GmbH
Passivhauszentrum Robert Wittmann
Design ideas for a large and brown contemporary glass house exterior in Munich with three floors and a flat roof.
Hampstead, London, NW3
Hampstead, London, NW3
Elsworth & Bond LimitedElsworth & Bond Limited
This contemporary detached house with structural glazed rear elevation. Electric blinds offer privacy during the night. Walk on glass outside of the Master Bedroom. Glass balustrades around the lower ground courtyard. Boundary fence is constructed using bespoke hardwood strips.
Collège
Collège
Lucas Gillard ArchitecteLucas Gillard Architecte
Façade principale de l'extension. Photographie: François Ducobu
Medium sized and white contemporary glass house exterior in Brussels with three floors and a flat roof.
19th Place Residence_Manhattan Beach, CA
19th Place Residence_Manhattan Beach, CA
The Warner Group Architects, Inc.The Warner Group Architects, Inc.
This is an example of a white modern glass detached house in Santa Barbara with three floors and a flat roof.
West Dulwich House
West Dulwich House
Studio 30 ArchitectsStudio 30 Architects
Photo of a large and brown contemporary glass semi-detached house in London with three floors, a pitched roof and a tiled roof.
Irving Place
Irving Place
Audrey Matlock ArchitectAudrey Matlock Architect
Photo of an expansive modern glass flat in New York with three floors.
Our Portfolio
Our Portfolio
PlanographyPlanography
Planography
Large contemporary glass flat in Edinburgh with three floors and a mixed material roof.
Oceans Palms Residence
Oceans Palms Residence
Sarah Z DesignsSarah Z Designs
Photo credit: Paul Stoppi The balcony of the Ocean Palms condominium in Hollywood, FL
This is an example of a small and white classic glass flat in Miami with three floors, a flat roof and a shingle roof.
Watson
Watson
CarpetandTiles.com.auCarpetandTiles.com.au
Suncity Homes - Photography by Lucas Muro
This is an example of a coastal glass house exterior in Sunshine Coast with three floors.

Glass House Exterior with Three Floors 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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