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Luxury Modern House Exterior Ideas and Designs

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River House - Riverside New Build in Oxfordshire
River House - Riverside New Build in Oxfordshire
HollandGreen Architecture, Interiors & LandscapesHollandGreen Architecture, Interiors & Landscapes
Modern new build overlooking the River Thames with oversized sliding glass facade for seamless indoor-outdoor living.
Photo of a large and white modern bungalow render detached house in Oxfordshire with a flat roof.
Minimalistisch Häuser
Minimalistisch Häuser
This is an example of a white and large modern bungalow glass detached house in Frankfurt with a pitched roof and a tiled roof.
Painted Brick Exterior
Painted Brick Exterior
Blackstone PaintersBlackstone Painters
Ranch style house brick painted with a remodeled soffit and front porch. stained wood. -Blackstone Painters
Design ideas for a large and black modern bungalow brick house exterior in Nashville.
Modern Canyon Home
Modern Canyon Home
Stratos FormStratos Form
Photo of a large and beige modern bungalow detached house in Orange County with stone cladding, a lean-to roof, a metal roof and a grey roof.
Modern House Remodel with Addition
Modern House Remodel with Addition
Artisan Remodeling & DesignArtisan Remodeling & Design
A fun full house remodel of a home originally built in 1946. We opted for a crisp, black and white exterior to flow with the modern, minimalistic vibe on the interior.
Energy Efficient Modern Coastal Home
Energy Efficient Modern Coastal Home
Newport RenewablesNewport Renewables
Design ideas for a large and gey modern split-level rear detached house in Providence with mixed cladding, a pitched roof, a metal roof, a grey roof and shiplap cladding.
Bangerter Residence
Bangerter Residence
Steven Dailey ConstructionSteven Dailey Construction
This is an example of a large and white modern bungalow detached house in Salt Lake City with mixed cladding, a hip roof, a mixed material roof, a black roof and shiplap cladding.
Modern
Modern
Haley Custom HomesHaley Custom Homes
Beautiful Modern Home with Steel Fascia, Brick Exterior, Indoor/Outdoor Space, Steel Stair Case, reflecting pond
This is an example of an expansive and gey modern brick detached house in Denver with three floors and a flat roof.
Westport Avenue Beach House
Westport Avenue Beach House
Donald William Fairbanks Architect, P.C.Donald William Fairbanks Architect, P.C.
Modern beach house exterior
This is an example of a medium sized and white modern render detached house in New York with three floors and a flat roof.
Pivot doors
Pivot doors
Impact Precious Wood, Inc.Impact Precious Wood, Inc.
Pivot doors have become popular because they give a wide, generous opening and a simple, modern appearance. Used mostly on high-end and custom homes, pivoting doors are benefiting from two converging trends in home building. The high-performance hardware allows for smooth operation of panels much wider and taller than a traditional door. The operating hardware itself can be adjusted in both traveling speed and closure speed. This enhances the user experience of opening and closing the door by dialing in the functionality of the door to the individual user or household. . One of the biggest drawbacks to using a pivot door is cost they're up to 30 percent more than a single door and sidelight combination and twice as expensive as a standard-width single door, by some estimates. Pivot doors may be the most expensive designer doors but there’s no escaping the luxurious feel that they lend to designs. .
Hood River Scenic Modern
Hood River Scenic Modern
Angela Todd Studios | Portland, ORAngela Todd Studios | Portland, OR
Photo of a medium sized and black modern two floor detached house in Portland with wood cladding, a lean-to roof and a metal roof.
822 kenter ave
822 kenter ave
The House GroupThe House Group
This is an example of an expansive and gey modern detached house in Los Angeles with four floors, stone cladding, a flat roof, a metal roof and a black roof.
Idyllic Modern
Idyllic Modern
David Thorne Landscape ArchitectDavid Thorne Landscape Architect
Marion Brenner Photography
Photo of a large modern house exterior in San Francisco.
Award winner - Skydance Drive
Award winner - Skydance Drive
Mountain + Beach Interiors - Schonewill Int'lMountain + Beach Interiors - Schonewill Int'l
With a dramatic mountain sunset showing the views of this custom home. Debra, the interior designer worked with the client to simplify the exterior materials and colors. The natural stone and steel were chosen to bring throughout the inside of the home. The vanilla buff and muted charcoal, greys, browns and black window frames and a talented landscaper bringing in the steel beam and natural elements to soften the architecture. Eric Lucero photography
215 MacFarlane Drive | Delray Beach, Florida
215 MacFarlane Drive | Delray Beach, Florida
Seaside Builders Of Delray Beach, FloridaSeaside Builders Of Delray Beach, Florida
Exterior Front
Inspiration for a large and multi-coloured modern detached house in Other with three floors, mixed cladding, a flat roof and a mixed material roof.
Beach Drive Waterfront Studio. Camano Island WA
Beach Drive Waterfront Studio. Camano Island WA
Dan Nelson, Designs Northwest ArchitectsDan Nelson, Designs Northwest Architects
Looking through the house to Port Susan Bay, Camano Island, WA. Photography by Lucas Henning.
Inspiration for a small and gey modern bungalow concrete detached house in Seattle with a lean-to roof and a metal roof.
Modern Home - Menlo Park
Modern Home - Menlo Park
AK Construction Enterprises Inc.AK Construction Enterprises Inc.
Inspiration for a large modern two floor detached house in San Francisco.
340 Pinegrove - Modern Luxury Home Interiors Photography
340 Pinegrove - Modern Luxury Home Interiors Photography
Tommy Daspit PhotographerTommy Daspit Photographer
Twilight exterior of Modern Home by Alexander Modern Homes in Muscle Shoals Alabama, and Phil Kean Design by Birmingham Alabama based architectural and interiors photographer Tommy Daspit. See more of his work at http://tommydaspit.com
Beautiful Home
Beautiful Home
Supple Homes, IncSupple Homes, Inc
Design ideas for a large and white modern bungalow render detached house in San Francisco with a metal roof and a flat roof.
Stone Ideas
Stone Ideas
River City Rock Products LLPRiver City Rock Products LLP
Masonry by Robinson Masonry
Medium sized and beige modern bungalow detached house in Vancouver with stone cladding and a flat roof.

Luxury Modern 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 modern 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 modern 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 modern 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 modern 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 modern exterior architecture choices for your house designs.
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