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World-Inspired House Exterior with a Flat Roof Ideas and Designs

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アジアン 家の外観
アジアン 家の外観
Inspiration for a gey world-inspired two floor detached house in Tokyo Suburbs with mixed cladding and a flat roof.
貫井の家
貫井の家
石井秀樹建築設計事務所｜Ishii Hideki Architect Atelier石井秀樹建築設計事務所｜Ishii Hideki Architect Atelier
Photo of a black world-inspired house exterior in Tokyo with a flat roof.
Private Residence, Hillsboro Mile, Hillsboro Beach, Florida
Private Residence, Hillsboro Mile, Hillsboro Beach, Florida
Susan Lachance Interior DesignSusan Lachance Interior Design
Brantley Photography
Inspiration for a blue world-inspired house exterior in Miami with three floors, wood cladding and a flat roof.
木ルーバーと箱型の外観
木ルーバーと箱型の外観
株式会社　建築工房DADA株式会社　建築工房DADA
中2階にあるリビングテラスや玄関ポーチを木ルーバーでふわりと覆って、プライバシーを確保した開放的な住宅を目指しました。 建築工房DADA
Gey world-inspired two floor detached house in Other with mixed cladding and a flat roof.
Casa en Mallorca
Casa en Mallorca
jle arquitectosjle arquitectos
Design ideas for an expansive and white world-inspired split-level house exterior in Palma de Mallorca with mixed cladding and a flat roof.
Lotus on Orange
Lotus on Orange
Leader Design StudioLeader Design Studio
Ryan Gamma Photography
Inspiration for a white world-inspired bungalow render house exterior in Tampa with a flat roof.
Fort Lauderdale
Fort Lauderdale
Sarkela CorporationSarkela Corporation
Inspiration for an expansive and beige world-inspired two floor render house exterior in Miami with a flat roof.
森と空へ
森と空へ
岸本和彦　acaa岸本和彦　acaa
Design ideas for a black world-inspired two floor detached house in Fukuoka with wood cladding and a flat roof.
Estate - Utah County - (44)
Estate - Utah County - (44)
Magleby ConstructionMagleby Construction
Inspiration for an expansive and brown world-inspired detached house in Salt Lake City with three floors, mixed cladding, a flat roof, a mixed material roof and a black roof.
Chameleon
Chameleon
Daniel Koh PhotographyDaniel Koh Photography
Daniel Koh
This is an example of a gey world-inspired two floor detached house in Singapore with a flat roof and a green roof.
沖縄市の家2
沖縄市の家2
Alien Design & PhotographyAlien Design & Photography
Photo by : Yoshiaki Ida
Design ideas for a white world-inspired bungalow detached house in Other with a flat roof.
Ｄｏｍａｉｎｅ　Ｔ
Ｄｏｍａｉｎｅ　Ｔ
一級建築士事務所　ＦＯＲＭＡ一級建築士事務所　ＦＯＲＭＡ
This is an example of a gey world-inspired front detached house in Kyoto with three floors and a flat roof.
Mt Nebo New Home Design
Mt Nebo New Home Design
Dion Seminara ArchitectureDion Seminara Architecture
The home is essentially a concrete structure with large concrete columns with buttrice like shapes. This along with the tower and large concrete wall at the entry gives the home a castle like resemblance. Set high on the hill the home looks over the property as if it is a castle looking over it’s territory.
Catani Villa
Catani Villa
Claudio Modola DesignClaudio Modola Design
Swahili style multi level villa in Mayungu Malindi.
Design ideas for a large and beige world-inspired render detached house in Other with three floors and a flat roof.
Bayview Residence
Bayview Residence
Bennett DesignBennett Design
Peter Eve
Photo of a white world-inspired two floor concrete house exterior in Darwin with a flat roof.
ゆりが丘の家
ゆりが丘の家
CASE建築計画CASE建築計画
ゆりが丘の家
Black world-inspired detached house in Other with a flat roof.
KESHIKI
KESHIKI
KESHIKI YAMANASHIKESHIKI YAMANASHI
This is an example of a multi-coloured world-inspired house exterior in Other with a flat roof.
明石の家 ３つの中庭に寄り添う平屋
明石の家 ３つの中庭に寄り添う平屋
arbol一級建築士事務所　arbol一級建築士事務所　
正面玄関。外壁と同様の引き戸は、さまざまな樹種の無垢板を張り分けています。インドアコートの中庭に該当する箇所は風が抜けるように壁にスリットを設けています。 Photographer：Yasunoi Shimomura
Inspiration for a brown and medium sized world-inspired bungalow detached house in Osaka with a flat roof, wood cladding and a metal roof.
HUF Haus AM
HUF Haus AM
Alexander Huf - M.Sc ArchitektAlexander Huf - M.Sc Architekt
HUF HAUS GmbH u. Co. KG
Large and gey world-inspired bungalow detached house in Stuttgart with wood cladding, a flat roof and a green roof.
Paradise Key South Beach
Paradise Key South Beach
Glenn Layton HomesGlenn Layton Homes
Built by Glenn Layton Homes in Paradise Key South Beach, Jacksonville Beach, Florida.
Large and beige world-inspired house exterior in Jacksonville with three floors, wood cladding and a flat roof.

World-Inspired House Exterior with a Flat 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 world-inspired 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 world-inspired 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 world-inspired 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 world-inspired 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 world-inspired exterior architecture choices for your house designs.
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