Industrial Semi-detached House Ideas and Designs

Inspiration for a medium sized and gey industrial semi-detached house in Denver with three floors, mixed cladding, a lean-to roof and a metal roof.

Holmbury View_Exterior

LEASK ARCHITECTURE

Jo Bridges
Urban two floor brick semi-detached house in London.

Vesper Road

Butterfield Architecture

Two storey rear extension to a Victorian property that sits on a site with a large level change. The extension has a large double height space that connects the entrance and lounge areas to the Kitchen/Dining/Living and garden below. The space is filled with natural light due to the large expanses of crittall glazing, also allowing for amazing views over the landscape that falls away. Extension and house remodel by Butterfield Architecture Ltd.

West Grove, Walton on Thames

TOTUS

Medium sized and yellow industrial semi-detached house in Surrey with three floors, a pitched roof, a tiled roof and a black roof.

Rideau Park - Industrial Duplex

Andison Residential Design

If you enjoy industrial architectural elements such as red brick, black metal, tall ceilings and floor-to-ceiling windows, you’ll love this Rideau Park multifamily residence. Rideau is nestled near the Elbow River. Its mature-tree-lined streets are filled with upscale homes, condos, and townhouses such as this one. Containing two spacious, natural-light-filled units, this Industrial-style townhouse has a great vibe and is a wonderful place to call home. Inside, you’ll find an open plan layout with a clean, sophisticated, and streamlined aesthetic. This beautiful home offers plenty of indoor and outdoor living space, including a large patio and rooftop access.

Garage conversion, Abbey Road

NP Architects

Evening front elevation of our garage conversion project.
This is an example of a small and gey industrial two floor brick semi-detached house in Cambridgeshire with a hip roof and a tiled roof.

Conversion Project, The Old Foundry, Suffolk.

MODEL Projects Ltd

Chris Snook
Photo of a red urban two floor semi-detached house in Other with stone cladding, a pitched roof and a tiled roof.

Cronulla Duplex

3 Marks of Existence

External Facade
This is an example of a black urban two floor concrete semi-detached house in Sydney with a black roof.

A side infill extension in Haringey

Resi Design Ltd.

These Londoners came to us wanting to use a side infill to open up the ground floor and create a quirky, practical space that's ideal for family dining. One of the top priorities on the homeowner’s wish list was to flood the newly created space with natural light. By including a beautiful glass ceiling that keeps the industrial style with the use of black metal, this space is perfect for both cooking and socialising.⁠

PROJECT TINEKE

STORM

Small industrial bungalow glass and front house exterior in Kent.

Oxford Gardens II

Powell Tuck Associates

Design ideas for a large and brown urban brick semi-detached house in London with three floors.

Stanton Ave - Lawrenceville

DTSH Interiors / Designed to Sell Homes, LLC

Gene Yuger, PREM Pittsburgh Real Estate Media
Photo of a medium sized and red urban brick semi-detached house in Other with three floors, a flat roof and a shingle roof.

Vesper Road

Butterfield Architecture

Conversion Project, The Old Foundry, Suffolk.

MODEL Projects Ltd

Chris Snook
Inspiration for a red industrial two floor semi-detached house in Other with stone cladding, a pitched roof and a tiled roof.

Winbourne Street, West Ryde

Homes On Trend - Property Styling

This is an example of a gey urban two floor brick semi-detached house in Sydney with a tiled roof.

Oxford Gardens II

Powell Tuck Associates

Inspiration for a large and brown urban brick semi-detached house in London with three floors.

シンプルアウトドアハウス

株式会社REGARD（リガード）

街中にあっても、シックなマットブラックの外観が、ひときわ目を引きます。無骨なモルタルの門壁が、モダンデザインのシルエットを引き立てています。
Photo of a small and black urban two floor semi-detached house in Tokyo Suburbs with mixed cladding, a half-hip roof and a metal roof.

The Portage Place

JC General Construction, Inc.

Photo of an industrial two floor brick semi-detached house in Chicago with a shingle roof and a brown roof.

カーサカスバ

西島正樹／プライム　PRIME Inc.architecture & planning

Inspiration for a large and gey urban concrete semi-detached house in Tokyo with three floors and a flat roof.

Warley

Method Studio

Front house external
This is an example of a medium sized urban front house exterior in Essex with three floors.

Industrial Semi-detached 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 industrial 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 industrial 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 industrial 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 an industrial 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 industrial exterior architecture choices for your house designs.

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