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Medium Sized Contemporary House Exterior Ideas and Designs

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Hermosa Beach - Contemporary Beach House
Hermosa Beach - Contemporary Beach House
MODEL DESIGN INC.MODEL DESIGN INC.
Photography by Chipper Hatter
This is an example of a white and medium sized contemporary render house exterior in Los Angeles with three floors and a flat roof.
Modern in Mississauga
Modern in Mississauga
Black Tusk Development Group Ltd.Black Tusk Development Group Ltd.
Sandy MacKay Photography
Inspiration for a medium sized and green contemporary two floor house exterior in Toronto with mixed cladding and a flat roof.
Contemporary Exterior
Contemporary Exterior
Photo of a gey and medium sized contemporary two floor house exterior in Denver with mixed cladding.
Miscellaneous Metalwork
Miscellaneous Metalwork
Fusion Art 808Fusion Art 808
Made By, Clarence Sagisi
Design ideas for a medium sized and beige contemporary bungalow render house exterior in Hawaii with a hip roof.
Overlook Show Home
Overlook Show Home
Axiom Luxury HomesAxiom Luxury Homes
Justin Krug
Photo of a medium sized contemporary bungalow house exterior in Portland.
Basser House
Basser House
Mihaly SlocombeMihaly Slocombe
The internal living spaces expand into the courtyard for seamless indoor / outdoor living. Photo by Peter Bennetts
Inspiration for a medium sized and red contemporary bungalow brick house exterior in Melbourne with a pitched roof.
Seattle Green Custom Home
Seattle Green Custom Home
H2D Architecture + DesignH2D Architecture + Design
New custom green home in the Wedgewood/Bryant neighborhood of Seattle. The rear of the home is designed with several tiers of angled decks which connect the indoors with the outside. The decks are designed with FSC certified Tigerwood decking. The deck railing is a custom stainless steel cable railing system. Architecture and Design by Heidi Helgeson, H2D Architecture + Design Construction by Thomas Jacobson Construction Photo by Sean Balko, Filmworks Studio
Front Entry
Front Entry
MAK Design + Build Inc.MAK Design + Build Inc.
Photo of a medium sized and gey contemporary bungalow concrete detached house in Sacramento with a flat roof.
TRG Architects
TRG Architects
TRG Architecture + Interior DesignTRG Architecture + Interior Design
Photos by Bernard Andre
This is an example of a medium sized and brown contemporary two floor detached house in San Francisco with mixed cladding and a lean-to roof.
Backyard House
Backyard House
SHED Architecture & DesignSHED Architecture & Design
Seattle, WA
Medium sized and black contemporary two floor detached house in Seattle with mixed cladding and a flat roof.
Platinum House - exterior
Platinum House - exterior
Coates Design Architecture + InteriorsCoates Design Architecture + Interiors
Platinum House exterior
This is an example of a medium sized and brown contemporary two floor detached house in Seattle with wood cladding.
Robinson Hammett Residence
Robinson Hammett Residence
Synthesis Design Inc.Synthesis Design Inc.
This is an example of a medium sized and green contemporary two floor detached house in Vancouver with wood cladding and a mixed material roof.
Maslen Road
Maslen Road
JLArchitectureJLArchitecture
Rear elevaton
Medium sized contemporary two floor detached house in Hertfordshire with mixed cladding.
The Larch House
The Larch House
Millar Howard WorkshopMillar Howard Workshop
Quintin Lake Photography
Inspiration for a medium sized contemporary two floor house exterior in Gloucestershire with mixed cladding and a pitched roof.
Washington, DC Contemporary Front Porch
Washington, DC Contemporary Front Porch
FineCraft Contractors, Inc.FineCraft Contractors, Inc.
FineCraft Contractors, Inc.
Medium sized and white contemporary two floor brick detached house in DC Metro with a half-hip roof, a tiled roof and a grey roof.
Green Mountain Getaway - Main House
Green Mountain Getaway - Main House
Flavin ArchitectsFlavin Architects
This house is discreetly tucked into its wooded site in the Mad River Valley near the Sugarbush Resort in Vermont. The soaring roof lines complement the slope of the land and open up views though large windows to a meadow planted with native wildflowers. The house was built with natural materials of cedar shingles, fir beams and native stone walls. These materials are complemented with innovative touches including concrete floors, composite exterior wall panels and exposed steel beams. The home is passively heated by the sun, aided by triple pane windows and super-insulated walls. Photo by: Nat Rea Photography
Midvale Courtyard House
Midvale Courtyard House
Bruns ArchitectureBruns Architecture
Tricia Shay Photography
Photo of a medium sized and gey contemporary two floor detached house in Milwaukee with mixed cladding and a lean-to roof.
19" Row House
19" Row House
Green Couch DesignGreen Couch Design
A slender three-story home, designed for vibrant downtown living and cozy entertaining.
Design ideas for a medium sized and red contemporary brick terraced house in Oklahoma City with three floors, a pitched roof, a metal roof and a grey roof.
Modern Farmhouse: Exterior
Modern Farmhouse: Exterior
Amy Peltier Interior Design & HomeAmy Peltier Interior Design & Home
Our studio gave this family home a laid-back farmhouse feel with loads of modern accents. The black, white, and warm wood color palette is a farmhouse classic. Project designed by Pasadena interior design studio Amy Peltier Interior Design & Home. They serve Pasadena, Bradbury, South Pasadena, San Marino, La Canada Flintridge, Altadena, Monrovia, Sierra Madre, Los Angeles, as well as surrounding areas. For more about Amy Peltier Interior Design & Home, click here: https://peltierinteriors.com/
Contemporary Cottage
Contemporary Cottage
DeFalco Home DesignDeFalco Home Design
Arlington Cape Cod completely gutted, renovated, and added on to.
Photo of a medium sized and black contemporary two floor detached house in DC Metro with mixed cladding, a pitched roof, a mixed material roof, a black roof and board and batten cladding.

Medium Sized Contemporary 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 contemporary 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 contemporary 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 contemporary 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 contemporary 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 contemporary exterior architecture choices for your house designs.
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