Large House Exterior with a Green Roof Ideas and Designs

Benjamin Benschneider
Design ideas for a large and multi-coloured contemporary detached house in Seattle with wood cladding, three floors, a flat roof and a green roof.

Haus R - Wächtersbach

Architekturbüro Next Habitat

Haus R wurde als quadratischer Wohnkörper konzipert, welcher sich zur Erschließungsseite differenziert. Mit seinen großzügigen Wohnbereichen öffnet sich das ebenerdige Gebäude zu den rückwärtigen Freiflächen und fließt in den weitläufigen Außenraum. Eine gestaltprägende Holzverschalung im Außenbereich, akzentuierte Materialien im Innenraum, sowie die Kombination mit großformatigen Verglasungen setzen das Gebäude bewußt in Szene.

Upper East Side Townhouse

Michael K Chen Architecture

The garden facade is glazed terra cotta and aluminum, and features a vertical garden. The upper terrace leads directly to the kitchen, and the garden is planted with shade loving ferns, mosses, and sedge grasses. The roof terrace at top extends across the entire building. Winner of both the Residential Architecture award and the R&D Award from Architect Magazine, the journal of the AIA. Photo by Alan Tansey. Architecture and Interior Design by MKCA.

Stanhope Avenue

Iguana Architects & Interior Design

Rear extension
This is an example of a large and black contemporary rear house exterior in London with three floors, a flat roof, a green roof and a grey roof.

Xoric 10

Bell Arquitectura

El proyecto se sitúa en un entorno inmejorable, orientado a Sur y con unas magníficas vistas al mar Mediterráneo. La parcela presenta una gran pendiente diagonal a la cual la vivienda se adapta perfectamente creciendo en altura al mismo ritmo que aumenta el desnivel topográfico. De esta forma la planta sótano de la vivienda es a todos los efectos exterior, iluminada y ventilada naturalmente. Es un edificio que sobresale del entorno arquitectónico en el que se sitúa, con sus formas armoniosas y los materiales típicos de la tradición mediterránea. La vivienda, asimismo, devuelve a la naturaleza más del 50% del espacio que ocupa en la parcela a través de su cubierta ajardinada que, además, le proporciona aislamiento térmico y dota de vida y color a sus formas.

War House

CLAPP Architectes

Façade avant avec terrasse
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.

Nachhaltiges Terrassenhaus

Peter Stasek Architects

Photo of a large and white contemporary concrete detached house in Frankfurt with three floors, a flat roof and a green roof.

Woodside Eugenia

Lydia Lyons Designs

Design ideas for a large and gey contemporary bungalow detached house in San Francisco with wood cladding, a hip roof and a green roof.

Canyon

Koch Architects

Mid-Century Modern Restoration - Cantilever balcony with glass railing, mid-century-modern home renovation in Lafayette, California. Photo by Jonathan Mitchell Photography

Connect 10 Mar Vista

Connect Homes

Joe Fletcher
This is an example of a large and gey contemporary two floor detached house in Los Angeles with mixed cladding, a flat roof and a green roof.

front porch

colorific

Pierre Galant
Design ideas for a large and green traditional two floor detached house in Los Angeles with wood cladding, a pitched roof and a green roof.

Modern Country Club, Los Altos

AK Design

Large modern gray and white two-story stucco, siding and stone exterior home in Los Altos.
Photo of a large and gey modern two floor detached house in San Francisco with wood cladding, a flat roof and a green roof.

Westminster Residence

Hsu McCullough

The patio deck with swimming pool at the rear and side yards at dusk
This is an example of a large and beige modern two floor detached house in Los Angeles with wood cladding, a flat roof, a green roof and a grey roof.

Monarch Bay

Payton Addison

Design ideas for a large and white contemporary bungalow detached house in Orange County with mixed cladding, a flat roof and a green roof.

HUF Haus AM

Alexander Huf - M.Sc Architekt

HUF HAUS GmbH u. Co. KG
Large and gey world-inspired bungalow detached house in Stuttgart with wood cladding, a flat roof and a green roof.

Canyon

Koch Architects

Mid-Century Modern Restoration - Mid-century modern home renovation with cantilevered balcony and glass railing in Lafayette, California. Photo by Jonathan Mitchell Photography

Ansicht von Südosten

Planungsbüro Schilling | Architektur

Ansicht des parkartigen Grundstücks von Südosten, Foto Thomas Schilling
Inspiration for a large and beige contemporary render semi-detached house in Munich with a flat roof and a green roof.

The TEREMOK

Setus Design

дачный дом из рубленого бревна с камышовой крышей
Inspiration for a large and beige rustic two floor house exterior in Other with wood cladding, a green roof and a half-hip roof.

Contemporary Exterior

Inspiration for a gey and large contemporary two floor detached house in Boise with a lean-to roof, mixed cladding and a green roof.

Bar House

Audrey Matlock Architect

The swimming pool sits between the main living wing and the upper level family wing. The master bedroom has a private terrace with forest views. Below is a pool house sheathed with zinc panels with an outdoor shower facing the forest. Photographer - Peter Aaron

Large 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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