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Modern House Exterior Ideas and Designs

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Redding
Redding
Castro Design StudioCastro Design Studio
Photo by Rodolfo Castro
This is an example of a modern house exterior in Atlanta with stone cladding.
Mount Merino Modern
Mount Merino Modern
Wagner HodgsonWagner Hodgson
Photographer: Michael Del Rossi
Black modern bungalow detached house in Boston with a flat roof.
Ranch Vista Palm Springs
Ranch Vista Palm Springs
Chris Pardo Design - Elemental ArchitectureChris Pardo Design - Elemental Architecture
Jaime Kowal
This is an example of a white modern bungalow house exterior in Seattle with a flat roof.
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De Los Árboles
De Los Árboles
Gary Schuberth AIAGary Schuberth AIA
Rear Deck looking back at house; Michael Spillers Photography
Photo of a modern house exterior in Kansas City with metal cladding.
Axboe
Axboe
Klima ArchitectureKlima Architecture
Kerri Fukkai
This is an example of a brown modern two floor detached house in Salt Lake City with wood cladding and a flat roof.
BAUC - Unifamiliar Altea
BAUC - Unifamiliar Altea
Rafa Galán fotografíaRafa Galán fotografía
This is an example of a large and white modern two floor detached house in Alicante-Costa Blanca with a flat roof.
E20 Wohnhaus
E20 Wohnhaus
steimle architektensteimle architekten
Brigida Gonzalez
Photo of a medium sized and gey modern two floor concrete detached house in Stuttgart with a lean-to roof.
Modern Exterior
Modern Exterior
Inspiration for a modern house exterior in Denver with wood cladding.
pocco
pocco
YIA イシウエヨシヒロ建築設計事務所YIA イシウエヨシヒロ建築設計事務所
「pocco」 photo by 冨田英次
This is an example of a white and medium sized modern two floor detached house in Other with a flat roof, metal cladding and a shingle roof.
Residential
Residential
Michael Kelley PhotographyMichael Kelley Photography
by Mike Kelley Photography
Blue modern bungalow detached house in Los Angeles with a flat roof.
Einfamilienhäuser
Einfamilienhäuser
Burckhardt Metall Glas GmbHBurckhardt Metall Glas GmbH
Photo of a brown and medium sized modern two floor house exterior in Hanover with wood cladding and a pitched roof.
Neubau eines Wohnhauses im Park
Neubau eines Wohnhauses im Park
SOHO architektenSOHO architekten
Inspiration for a medium sized and white modern two floor render detached house in Dusseldorf with a flat roof.
Bass Residence
Bass Residence
[STRANG] Architecture[STRANG] Architecture
Photography © Claudio Manzoni
This is an example of a large and multi-coloured modern detached house in Miami with three floors, mixed cladding and a flat roof.
Awesome Contemporary Home with glass walls in Los Angeles
Awesome Contemporary Home with glass walls in Los Angeles
Style My Space Interior Design and StagingStyle My Space Interior Design and Staging
This is an example of a gey and large modern two floor concrete detached house in Los Angeles with a flat roof.
Privatvilla Meggen
Privatvilla Meggen
Franken-Schotter GmbH & Co. KGFranken-Schotter GmbH & Co. KG
Inspiration for a beige modern two floor house exterior in Other with mixed cladding and a flat roof.
Lake Minnetonka Modern
Lake Minnetonka Modern
Brooke Voss DesignBrooke Voss Design
Modern house exterior in Minneapolis.
Wohnhaus Pirna
Wohnhaus Pirna
Architekturfotografie Steffen SpitznerArchitekturfotografie Steffen Spitzner
Steffen Spitzner
Design ideas for a white and medium sized modern two floor house exterior in Dresden with a flat roof.
Modern Exterior
Modern Exterior
Design ideas for a gey modern bungalow house exterior in Los Angeles with a flat roof.
East Hampton Artist Studio
East Hampton Artist Studio
BWArchitectsBWArchitects
Photo: Bilyana Dimitrova Photography ©2007
Modern house exterior in New York with wood cladding.

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.
Broadway Terrace House
Broadway Terrace House
Robert Nebolon ArchitectsRobert Nebolon Architects
Broadway Terrace House Outdoor terraces: at living room (lower terrace) and family room (upper terrace) The house exteriors meet the fire requirements for Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) requirements for fire resistant construction. California modern, California Coastal, California Contemporary Interior Designers, San Francisco modern, Bay Area modern residential design architects, Sustainability and green design. Photographer: David Duncan Livingston
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