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Green Midcentury House Exterior Ideas and Designs

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Osterlund Residence
Osterlund Residence
SunSwallow Design, LLCSunSwallow Design, LLC
West & South elevations of New addition, Garden and existing home. All photo's by CWR
Design ideas for a green and medium sized retro bungalow house exterior in Portland with wood cladding and a lean-to roof.
Shenandoah at Greystone
Shenandoah at Greystone
Stephen Alexander Homes & NeighborhoodsStephen Alexander Homes & Neighborhoods
Mike Panello
Inspiration for a large and green midcentury two floor brick house exterior in Other with a pitched roof.
Highlands Eichler
Highlands Eichler
Gast ArchitectsGast Architects
Courtyard Entry
Design ideas for a green midcentury bungalow detached house in San Francisco with wood cladding and a flat roof.
Modern Revival
Modern Revival
Made To Last Custom Homes Ltd.Made To Last Custom Homes Ltd.
Our client fell in love with the original 80s style of this house. However, no part of it had been updated since it was built in 1981. Both the style and structure of the home needed to be drastically updated to turn this house into our client’s dream modern home. We are also excited to announce that this renovation has transformed this 80s house into a multiple award-winning home, including a major award for Renovator of the Year from the Vancouver Island Building Excellence Awards. The original layout for this home was certainly unique. In addition, there was wall-to-wall carpeting (even in the bathroom!) and a poorly maintained exterior. There were several goals for the Modern Revival home. A new covered parking area, a more appropriate front entry, and a revised layout were all necessary. Therefore, it needed to have square footage added on as well as a complete interior renovation. One of the client’s key goals was to revive the modern 80s style that she grew up loving. Alfresco Living Design and A. Willie Design worked with Made to Last to help the client find creative solutions to their goals.
Point Loma Casita
Point Loma Casita
Ike Kligerman BarkleyIke Kligerman Barkley
William Waldron
Design ideas for a green midcentury two floor house exterior in New York with a flat roof.
Weaver
Weaver
Coastal Vista Remodeling Co.Coastal Vista Remodeling Co.
Green midcentury two floor detached house in Los Angeles with mixed cladding and board and batten cladding.
Cedar Point: Modern Home
Cedar Point: Modern Home
Timberlake Custom HomesTimberlake Custom Homes
mid-century design with organic feel for the lake and surrounding mountains
Photo of a large and green retro bungalow detached house in Atlanta with mixed cladding, a pitched roof, a shingle roof, a brown roof and board and batten cladding.
Pacific NW Modern Dwelling
Pacific NW Modern Dwelling
UserUser
Inspiration for a large and green retro bungalow rear detached house in Other with a half-hip roof, a shingle roof and a brown roof.
Gathering Light in the Woods
Gathering Light in the Woods
Mikiten ArchitectureMikiten Architecture
An extraordinary wooded setting high in the Berkeley Hills inspired spaces that reach up to gather sunlight through high clerestory windows, bringing life and color into this home. The existing house was almost doubled with a new entry hall, home office, master suite, and new larger kitchen. The 1940’s Eichler-style house was low, horizontal, and built of dark wood siding outside and dark plywood paneling inside. We respected the horizontal gesture of the existing beam and wood plank structural system in the addition, but raised the ceiling height in several places to create light monitors – tall spaces that bring in the morning sun rising over Tilden Park and the waning evening light of a sun that sets at this site hours before it goes down for the rest of the Bay Area since this site is located just on the east side of the crest of the Berkeley Hills. Photo: Mark Luthringer Photography
Realville
Realville
Wright Jenkins Home DesignWright Jenkins Home Design
An open trellis cuts through the roof overhang that protects the spacious front porch.
Photo of a medium sized and green midcentury bungalow render detached house in Other with a pitched roof, a grey roof and a metal roof.
Roofing Projects
Roofing Projects
Cowan RoofingCowan Roofing
Nathan Cowan
Inspiration for a large and green midcentury two floor detached house in Other with vinyl cladding, a pitched roof and a metal roof.
Vintage Treetop Cabin
Vintage Treetop Cabin
Tinsel HouseTinsel House
Photo of a small and green retro two floor detached house in Sacramento with wood cladding, a mansard roof and a shingle roof.
Ridgemont Residence
Ridgemont Residence
Hsu McCulloughHsu McCullough
Front yard at street. Photo by Clark Dugger
Photo of a large and green midcentury two floor render detached house in Los Angeles with a lean-to roof and a metal roof.
Highland Drive
Highland Drive
Reuter HomesReuter Homes
Design ideas for a green midcentury bungalow detached house in Orange County with a hip roof, a shingle roof, a grey roof and board and batten cladding.
Mid Century Re-do
Mid Century Re-do
GOLDEN GATE KITCHENSGOLDEN GATE KITCHENS
Spruce & Pine Developer
This is an example of a large and green midcentury bungalow detached house in San Francisco with wood cladding, a hip roof and a shingle roof.
Medicine Hat - Mid Century Renovation
Medicine Hat - Mid Century Renovation
Andison Residential DesignAndison Residential Design
This is an example of a medium sized and green retro bungalow detached house in Calgary with mixed cladding, a butterfly roof, a shingle roof, a black roof and board and batten cladding.
Highlands Eichler
Highlands Eichler
Gast ArchitectsGast Architects
Street elevation
Green midcentury bungalow detached house in San Francisco with wood cladding and a flat roof.
Ridgemont Residence
Ridgemont Residence
Hsu McCulloughHsu McCullough
Drone photograph from canyon showing descending hillside garden with house in background. Photo by Clark Dugger
Design ideas for a large and green retro two floor render detached house in Los Angeles with a lean-to roof and a metal roof.
RANCH REMODEL
RANCH REMODEL
Sarah Gaffney DesignsSarah Gaffney Designs
Sarah Gaffney Designs
Inspiration for a green retro render house exterior in San Francisco.
Ramble Way
Ramble Way
Wright Family Custom HomesWright Family Custom Homes
This is an example of a large and green midcentury two floor house exterior in Other with wood cladding and a pitched roof.

Green Midcentury 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 midcentury 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 midcentury 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 midcentury 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 midcentury 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 midcentury exterior architecture choices for your house designs.
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