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World-Inspired House Exterior with Three Floors Ideas and Designs

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Network ArchitectsNetwork Architects
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Design ideas for an expansive and white world-inspired render detached house in Boise with three floors and a hip roof.
Coastal Home with West Indies Flair
Coastal Home with West Indies Flair
Klar and Klar Architects, IncKlar and Klar Architects, Inc
Rich Montalbano
Design ideas for a large and white world-inspired render detached house in Tampa with three floors, a hip roof and a metal roof.
Waterfront Residence 3
Waterfront Residence 3
Lap of Luxury Fine Home InteriorsLap of Luxury Fine Home Interiors
Waterfront home with a tropical feel.
Photo of a large and blue world-inspired detached house in Other with three floors, concrete fibreboard cladding, a pitched roof and a metal roof.
Ono Harbor Home, Orange Beach, AL
Ono Harbor Home, Orange Beach, AL
Erin E. Kaiser, Kaiser Real Estate Sales, IncErin E. Kaiser, Kaiser Real Estate Sales, Inc
An Architectural and Interior Design Masterpiece! This luxurious waterfront estate resides on 4 acres of a private peninsula, surrounded by 3 sides of an expanse of water with unparalleled, panoramic views. 1500 ft of private white sand beach, private pier and 2 boat slips on Ono Harbor. Spacious, exquisite formal living room, dining room, large study/office with mahogany, built in bookshelves. Family Room with additional breakfast area. Guest Rooms share an additional Family Room. Unsurpassed Master Suite with water views of Bellville Bay and Bay St. John featuring a marble tub, custom tile outdoor shower, and dressing area. Expansive outdoor living areas showcasing a saltwater pool with swim up bar and fire pit. The magnificent kitchen offers access to a butler pantry, balcony and an outdoor kitchen with sitting area. This home features Brazilian Wood Floors and French Limestone Tiles throughout. Custom Copper handrails leads you to the crow's nest that offers 360degree views. Photo: Shawn Seals, Fovea 360 LLC
Kiwah Island Residence 3
Kiwah Island Residence 3
Spivey Architects, Inc.Spivey Architects, Inc.
I. Wilson Baker Photography
This is an example of a large and brown world-inspired detached house in Charleston with three floors, wood cladding, a hip roof and a shingle 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.
Asian Exterior
Asian Exterior
Inspiration for an expansive and white world-inspired house exterior in Hyderabad with three floors.
A Beautifully Renovated South Florida Beach Home
A Beautifully Renovated South Florida Beach Home
Shuster Design AssociatesShuster Design Associates
Described as Looking Like a Ship or a Bird in Flight the Exterior View is Accentuated by the Portico and Perpetually Stops Traffic.
Photo of a large and white world-inspired concrete house exterior in Miami with three floors and a flat roof.
Mountain Home
Mountain Home
RCWA Robert Carl Williams Associates, P.C.RCWA Robert Carl Williams Associates, P.C.
deck, patio, stone walls, wood siding,
Design ideas for a large and brown world-inspired house exterior in Burlington with three floors, wood cladding and a hip roof.
Walk Street Entry Porch
Walk Street Entry Porch
Rockefeller Kempel ArchitectsRockefeller Kempel Architects
Elevated front entry space, wrapped in cedar wood, located off of its Manhattan Beach walk street. Photography: Eric Staudenmaier
This is an example of a medium sized world-inspired detached house in Los Angeles with wood cladding, three floors and a metal roof.
Daniel Island
Daniel Island
ArchitraveArchitrave
Inspiration for a large and brown world-inspired detached house in Charleston with wood cladding, a hip roof, three floors and a shingle roof.
A Residence in the Retreat Neighborhood 2
A Residence in the Retreat Neighborhood 2
Christ & Associates, Architects & PlannersChrist & Associates, Architects & Planners
Photo of a large and green world-inspired house exterior in Miami with three floors, mixed cladding and a pitched roof.
Weser Living
Weser Living
dt+p Architekten und Ingenieure GmbHdt+p Architekten und Ingenieure GmbH
Gartenansicht
Beige and expansive world-inspired render house exterior in Bremen with three floors and a flat roof.
Classic Contemporary
Classic Contemporary
Ficarra Design Associates, Inc.Ficarra Design Associates, Inc.
Lori Hamilton
Design ideas for a beige world-inspired render house exterior in Miami with three floors and a flat roof.
Point Crisp
Point Crisp
Ellis Consulting Group Inc.Ellis Consulting Group Inc.
Detlev Von Kessel
Inspiration for an expansive and white world-inspired house exterior in Tampa with three floors and a lean-to roof.
Tropical Meets Modern
Tropical Meets Modern
VOLT® LightingVOLT® Lighting
VOLT® Lighting
Expansive and beige world-inspired render detached house in Tampa with three floors, a pitched roof and a shingle roof.
PAVILIONS
PAVILIONS
spAEcspAEc
Inspiration for a medium sized world-inspired house exterior in Brisbane with three floors.
うつろう家
うつろう家
アトリエSado株式会社アトリエSado株式会社
２階玄関と坪庭外壁
Medium sized and gey world-inspired detached house in Other with three floors, wood cladding, a lean-to roof and a metal roof.
San Francisco Marina
San Francisco Marina
HK DesignsHK Designs
This is an example of a medium sized and white world-inspired render detached house in Other with three floors and a tiled 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.

World-Inspired House Exterior with Three Floors 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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