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Midcentury Two Floor House Exterior Ideas and Designs

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Highland East House
Highland East House
Colab Architecture & Urban DesignColab Architecture & Urban Design
This is an example of a black retro two floor detached house in Portland.
Mid century Outdoor Living Remodel
Mid century Outdoor Living Remodel
M Prevost DesignM Prevost Design
Side yard view of whole house exterior remodel
Inspiration for a large and black midcentury two floor house exterior in San Diego.
San Carlos Treetop
San Carlos Treetop
Cathie Hong InteriorsCathie Hong Interiors
What started as a kitchen and two-bathroom remodel evolved into a full home renovation plus conversion of the downstairs unfinished basement into a permitted first story addition, complete with family room, guest suite, mudroom, and a new front entrance. We married the midcentury modern architecture with vintage, eclectic details and thoughtful materials.
Bull Creek Modern Residence
Bull Creek Modern Residence
Studio SteinbomerStudio Steinbomer
This is an example of a medium sized and white midcentury two floor brick detached house in Austin with a pitched roof, a metal roof and a grey roof.
Lake Sawyer Remodel
Lake Sawyer Remodel
Malone's Landscape Design | BuildMalone's Landscape Design | Build
Staggered bluestone thermal top treads surrounded with mexican pebble leading to the original slab front door and surrounding midcentury glass and original Nelson Bubble lamp. At night the lamp looks like the moon hanging over the front door. and the FX ZDC outdoor lighting with modern black fixtures create a beautiful night time ambiance.
Sunset Residence
Sunset Residence
Element 5 ArchitectureElement 5 Architecture
Design ideas for a gey retro two floor detached house in Austin with mixed cladding, a lean-to roof and board and batten cladding.
Berkeley Hills Project
Berkeley Hills Project
Nystrom DesignNystrom Design
Design ideas for a white midcentury two floor detached house in San Francisco with wood cladding.
Maude Street
Maude Street
Murray Legge ArchitectureMurray Legge Architecture
Photo of a small and white midcentury two floor detached house in Austin with concrete fibreboard cladding and a flat roof.
Mid-Century Modern
Mid-Century Modern
Tongue & Groove Design + BuildTongue & Groove Design + Build
The home’s design grew organically by the crossing of water, influenced by a nearby bridge linking the tree-lined property to the surrounding golf course. The design was also inspired by the Mid-Century architecture of Florida’s Golden Beach and the revival of the idioms associated with that movement. Exploring the intersection of architecture and place and context and creativity, the project’s sensitivity to the surrounding environment is expressed with a proliferate use of natural elements — like stacked white stone facades and support columns — further smudging the edges between exterior and interior. Water surrounds the home; a koi pond and trickling fountains create a soothing entry. Inside, expansive plate glass walls and windows welcome the outdoors. Full-length windows double as folding partition doors and when peeled back, open the living room to the lanai, and pool deck while simultaneously providing a bridge between indoor and outdoor living. An open stair floats to a second floor catwalk that links north and south bedroom wings, and both contribute to the soaring volume of the interior spaces.
Northwood, Royal Oak, MI Exterior Remodel
Northwood, Royal Oak, MI Exterior Remodel
MainStreet Design BuildMainStreet Design Build
The suspended porch overhang detail was designed to coordinate with a new rain screen application, using Timber Tech Azek vintage collection mahogany finish siding. Defining the first and second floor is a black metal I-beam detail that continues across the front of the home and ties into the front porch overhang perfectly.
Leucadia Mid Century
Leucadia Mid Century
DZN PartnersDZN Partners
The entrance to the home ©PixelProFoto
Inspiration for a large and gey retro two floor detached house in San Diego with wood cladding, a pitched roof and a metal roof.
Orinda Mid-Century Modern
Orinda Mid-Century Modern
The Home Co.The Home Co.
Design ideas for a large and gey retro two floor detached house in San Francisco with wood cladding and a flat roof.
Front Entry
Front Entry
risa boyer architecturerisa boyer architecture
Living room and entryway. The original home was walled and with siding on the upper portion of the living room. We vaulted the ceiling to open the space and expand the view. Photo: Jeremy Bittermann
Mid Century Modern
Mid Century Modern
ElevationElevation
Medium sized and gey midcentury two floor house exterior in Minneapolis with mixed cladding and a flat roof.
Bellevue Mid-Modern
Bellevue Mid-Modern
Lane Williams ArchitectsLane Williams Architects
A steel catwalk projects above the garage, allowing for a sliding glass door at the den, and a protected lower floor entry.
This is an example of a large and black retro two floor brick house exterior in Seattle with a pitched roof.
Mid Century Modern Property
Mid Century Modern Property
Peninsula Building MaterialsPeninsula Building Materials
Ammirato Construction's use of K2's Pacific Ashlar thin veneer, is beautifully displayed on many of the walls of this property.
Large and gey midcentury two floor detached house in San Francisco with mixed cladding, a pitched roof and a shingle roof.
Oxford Street
Oxford Street
Koch ArchitectsKoch Architects
Concrete patio with Ipe wood walls. Floor to ceiling windows and doors to living room with exposed wood beamed ceiling and mid-century modern style furniture, in mid-century-modern home renovation in Berkeley, California - Photo by Bruce Damonte.
Oxford Street
Oxford Street
Koch ArchitectsKoch Architects
Home office studio in mid-Century Modern Renovation & Addition.
Small and brown retro two floor house exterior in San Francisco with wood cladding.
Mid-Century Modern home remodel
Mid-Century Modern home remodel
John Webb Construction and DesignJohn Webb Construction and Design
Here is an architecturally built house from the early 1970's which was brought into the new century during this complete home remodel by adding a garage space, new windows triple pane tilt and turn windows, cedar double front doors, clear cedar siding with clear cedar natural siding accents, clear cedar garage doors, galvanized over sized gutters with chain style downspouts, standing seam metal roof, re-purposed arbor/pergola, professionally landscaped yard, and stained concrete driveway, walkways, and steps.
Western Mass Modern A-Frame
Western Mass Modern A-Frame
Amy Woolf Color ConsultingAmy Woolf Color Consulting
Black mid-century modern a-frame house in the woods of New England.
Medium sized and black midcentury two floor detached house in Boston with wood cladding, a shingle roof, a brown roof and board and batten cladding.

Midcentury Two Floor 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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