Picture Perfect: 33 Homes with Eye-Catching External Features
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Julia Fairley
12 February 2019
Chief Sub-Editor and Writer, Houzz Australia and New Zealand. I love design and architecture that is thoughtful, sophisticated and champions an element of the unexpected. Before graduating with a Bachelor of Arts at UNSW and becoming a journalist, I studied interior architecture. For over a decade I have interviewed inspiring creative minds from around the world to write about design in its many different forms. Recently, I have also become an accidental gardener, to everyone's surprise.
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Timber. Tiles. Metal mesh. Bagged bricks. There are so many interesting treatments you can adopt for your external walls – here are 33 with wow factor from around the world.
And remember, you can get more details of a project and see more of a professional’s work by clicking on a photo.
And remember, you can get more details of a project and see more of a professional’s work by clicking on a photo.
1. Iron curtain. Double Bay, NSW
Designer: Horizon – Residential & Commercial Builders
Designer: Horizon – Residential & Commercial Builders
4. Perfectly perforated. South Yarra, Victoria
Designer: Northbourne Architecture + Design
Read about this house, affectionately named ‘PerfPad’
Designer: Northbourne Architecture + Design
Read about this house, affectionately named ‘PerfPad’
…Here’s a view of the interior.
8. Coastal and corrugated. Isle of Tiree, Scotland
9. Tile and texture. Perth, WA
10. Terrifically tiled. Delhi, India
11. Into the blue. Los Angeles, USA
13. Living green wall. Mexico City, Mexico
15. Peek-a-boo. North Melbourne, Victoria
Designer: Matt Gibson Architecture + Design
Designer: Matt Gibson Architecture + Design
17. Chevron chic. London, UK
19. Ahead of the curve. Tamarama, NSW
Designer: Decus Interiors
Read about this coastal home that shuns typical beach style
Designer: Decus Interiors
Read about this coastal home that shuns typical beach style
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23. Glass house. West Virginia, USA
24. Do a pivot. Torquay, Victoria
Designer: Auhaus Architecture
Read about this house, owned by a concreter and an artist
Designer: Auhaus Architecture
Read about this house, owned by a concreter and an artist
25. Shingle style. Channel Islands
27. Rammed earth. Phoenix, USA
28. Well-clad. Monmouthshire, Wales
29. Weathered beauty. Melbourne, Victoria
30. Stacked stone. Minneapolis, USA
31. Converted cardboard factory. Armadale, Victoria
Designer: Rob Mills Architecture & Interiors
Designer: Rob Mills Architecture & Interiors
32. Merry mosaics. Los Angeles, USA
33. Bell tower. London, UK
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Thanks so much for featuring our project.
Oh wow the belltower!!
I don't understand no.1 the abundant steel mesh does not appear to offer much privacy.