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AIA Award Winning Design -Period Home With Wheel Chair Access
AIA Award Winning Design -Period Home With Wheel Chair Access
Clawson Architects, LLCClawson Architects, LLC
Built in 1884, this is the first house on Main Street one sees when exiting the train station. Its prominent corner location helps define the gateway to the town shopping district. Schematic design sessions for this period home’s renovation were already complete when the news was shared with the design team that one of the owners had been diagnosed with a progressive motor neuron disease. The homeowners asked us to incorporate universal design features—including wheelchair access to every room on every level of the home—but were insistent that they did not want to create a home that looked or felt institutional. Due to the home’s high visibility, it was important to the owners that the addition, including the elevator rise, be stylistically seamless and unobtrusive. This was achieved by applying existing character-defining features from the house such as octagonal massing, columned porches, steep roof slopes, and decorative shingle patterns. Complimentary architectural ornamentation was introduced to highlight the Queen Anne style and diminish the scale of the elevator rise. Interior and exterior access challenges were graciously overcome without sacrificing authentic period detailing. The addition begins with exterior entry at ground level. A half stop down to the basement provides access to a “wheelchair wash/dog wash” station and game room. A half stop up brings the elevator to the first floor followed by traditional stops at the second floor and attic/owner’s suite. Widened halls and doors make circulation via a wheelchair through the home achievable. Other universal design features and fixtures include the zero-entry shower in the owner’s and guest baths, French-door ovens, induction cooktop, touchless faucet, and refrigerator and freezer drawers. These make the home functional and comfortable for all members of the family. In collaboration with a landscape architect, we also created a lush pocket of privacy on this very public lot. The new hardscaping creates access around the house, to the grill, fire pit, patio and driveway as well as to the town sidewalks making wheelchair inclusion both possible and effortless. Substantially complete Fall 2021.
The Newcomer
The Newcomer
Affinity Homes LLCAffinity Homes LLC
Square Feet: 4,243 Bedrooms: 4 Bathrooms: 3.5 Garage: 3-Car Fireplace: Indoor / Outdoor Bonus: Outdoor Kitchen + Executive Office + Bonus Room & Wet Bar
The Corner House
The Corner House
Brightman Clarke ArchitectsBrightman Clarke Architects
To the rear of the house is a dinind kitchen that opens up fully to the rear garden with the master bedroom above, benefiting from a large feature glazed unit set within the dark timber cladding.
Kalama Home Re-roof
Kalama Home Re-roof
SteelscapeSteelscape
A Washington State homeowner selected Steelscape’s Eternal Collection® Urban Slate to uplift the style of their home with a stunning new roof. Built in 1993, this home featured an original teal roof with outdated, inferior paint technology. The striking new roof features Steelscape’s Urban Slate on a classic standing seam profile. Urban Slate is a semi translucent finish which provides a deeper color that changes dynamically with daylight. This engaging color in conjunction with the clean, crisp lines of the standing seam profile uplift the curb appeal of this home and improve the integration of the home with its lush environment.
Guest Entry
Guest Entry
The House DesignersThe House Designers
The guest entry to the neo prairie San Joaquin house plan. View THD-9094: https://www.thehousedesigners.com/plan/san-joaquin-9094/
Seacroft on Lake Michigan
Seacroft on Lake Michigan
Blue Hot Design, LLCBlue Hot Design, LLC
Lake side of home. Lower left: basement windows.
Large and multi-coloured classic detached house in Milwaukee with three floors, stone cladding, a pitched roof, a shingle roof and a grey roof.
California Contemporary Ranch-Custom Design Build Home
California Contemporary Ranch-Custom Design Build Home
Morse Custom Homes and RemodelingMorse Custom Homes and Remodeling
Custom design build home on corner lot facing south, across street from an open space park. Project required sun and wind exposure analysis to assist with energy efficiency and maintaining a cool interior space during the hot summer months. Includes an atrium with north facing window fascade engineered to be shaded during the summer months.
Offset House
Offset House
Amrish Maharaj ArchitectureAmrish Maharaj Architecture
The new rear features an offset building form to draw light into the kitchen and dining space, while minimising overshadowing to the southern neighbour.
Rural Ranch
Rural Ranch
Coppertree HomesCoppertree Homes
Ranch in a rural setting, not far from the Greater Columbus Area. Ranch with sideload garages.
This is an example of a medium sized and multi-coloured classic bungalow detached house in Columbus with concrete fibreboard cladding, a pitched roof, a shingle roof, a grey roof and board and batten cladding.
Red Bay
Red Bay
Whiteley & WhiteleyWhiteley & Whiteley
French country design
Inspiration for an expansive and multi-coloured two floor brick detached house in Houston with a pitched roof, a shingle roof and a grey roof.
Mar Vista Sustainable Addition
Mar Vista Sustainable Addition
Sato Architects, Inc.Sato Architects, Inc.
Home is about creating a sense of place. Little moments add up to a sense of well being, such as looking out at framed views of the garden, or feeling the ocean breeze waft through the house. This connection to place guided the overall design, with the practical requirements to add a bedroom and bathroom quickly ( the client was pregnant!), and in a way that allowed the couple to live at home during the construction. The design also focused on connecting the interior to the backyard while maintaining privacy from nearby neighbors. Sustainability was at the forefront of the project, from choosing green building materials to designing a high-efficiency space. The composite bamboo decking, cork and bamboo flooring, tiles made with recycled content, and cladding made of recycled paper are all examples of durable green materials that have a wonderfully rich tactility to them. This addition was a second phase to the Mar Vista Sustainable Remodel, which took a tear-down home and transformed it into this family's forever home.
Kent Downs
Kent Downs
McLean QuinlanMcLean Quinlan
Large and multi-coloured detached house in Kent with three floors, stone cladding, a pitched roof, a metal roof and a grey roof.
St. Georges Modern
St. Georges Modern
Synthesis Design Inc.Synthesis Design Inc.
Inspiration for a large and multi-coloured modern two floor detached house in Vancouver with mixed cladding, a flat roof, a mixed material roof and a grey roof.
Tee-riffic Renovation: Front Exterior
Tee-riffic Renovation: Front Exterior
Tamara Day DesignTamara Day Design
Inspiration for a multi-coloured bungalow brick detached house in Kansas City with a shingle roof and a grey roof.
Camden Drive
Camden Drive
Preschel + Bassan StudioPreschel + Bassan Studio
Photo of a large and multi-coloured contemporary two floor detached house in Miami with wood cladding, a hip roof, a metal roof and a grey roof.
Turtleback Custom
Turtleback Custom
King-Scott Residential DesignsKing-Scott Residential Designs
Beautiful Custom home in the Turtleback subdivision of Enterprise, AL.
Design ideas for a medium sized and multi-coloured classic two floor brick detached house in Other with a pitched roof, a shingle roof and a grey roof.
Hse George
Hse George
Triple A Design StudioTriple A Design Studio
This is an 8 Bed (all ensuite) single storey house with 2 lounges, 3 lock-up garage. An entertainment space overlooking the pool was provided for with the appropriate landscaping. The request from the client was to use face-brick extensively under Chromadek roofing and by all means possible give it a Modern Contemporary look.
St. Georges Modern
St. Georges Modern
Synthesis Design Inc.Synthesis Design Inc.
Design ideas for a large and multi-coloured modern two floor detached house in Vancouver with mixed cladding, a flat roof, a mixed material roof and a grey roof.
Classic Design on Rolling Hills
Classic Design on Rolling Hills
Nathan Taylor for Obelisk HomeNathan Taylor for Obelisk Home
Expansive and multi-coloured classic two floor detached house in Other with stone cladding, a pitched roof, a grey roof and board and batten cladding.
Fitzroy North Residence
Fitzroy North Residence
DE atelier ArchitectsDE atelier Architects
Photo Credit: Shania Shegedyn
Inspiration for a medium sized and multi-coloured contemporary two floor house exterior in Melbourne with a lean-to roof, a metal roof and a grey roof.

Multi-coloured House Exterior with a Grey 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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