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Contemporary Exterior Design Ideas

Horizon House
Horizon House
Taylor KnightsTaylor Knights
Set on a steep & bushy site in the heights of Coonan’s Hill, Pascoe Vale South, our clients are bidding farewell to their tired sprawling suburban home to pursue a new and more environmentally considerate home within a smaller footprint. In the existing single storey home to date, city views have only been apparent from the occasional risqué ladder venture. A key part of our client’s brief was to bring this cityscape into their daily lives, where the fundamentals of eat, sleep & play can all be enjoyed from the first floor. Our clients, a young couple and their two beloved pooches, have a love for raw materials expressed in their truest form. With sustainable design integral to the brief, our clients “must-haves” include; on-site energy storage and provision for their future electric car. Key to our approach has also been to design a robust & low maintenance home. The home itself will be nestled in the centre of the site, with vast garden views to either side. Two robust and gently curving masonry structures occupy the ground plane, bridged together by a minimal first floor volume. This approach was adopted to free up the ground plane and to pay tribute to the established and emerging garden. Working alongside Amanda Oliver Gardens, the approach to architecture and landscape has been a holistic exercise. To the north, views of the terraced native garden are embraced, and to which a landscaped webforge bridge connects the first floor living to the upper garden plateau. City views towards the south are framed by elevated tree canopies, which softens the interface to the street.
vtg house
vtg house
STUDIO TSENGSTUDIO TSENG
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Design ideas for a contemporary two-storey exterior in Other.
Laragh House
Laragh House
Gerard Mc Peake Architectural LtdGerard Mc Peake Architectural Ltd
Photo of a contemporary two-storey white house exterior in Other with a gable roof and a shingle roof.
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Photo of a contemporary two-storey multi-coloured house exterior in Miami with mixed siding and a flat roof.
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Ash Street Split
McHenry ArchitectureMcHenry Architecture
Photography: David Maurand
Inspiration for a mid-sized contemporary split-level exterior in Boston with wood siding.
Hudson River House
Hudson River House
Resolution: 4 ArchitectureResolution: 4 Architecture
Photography by Emily Andrews
Design ideas for a contemporary multi-coloured house exterior in New York with mixed siding and a flat roof.

Contemporary Exterior Design Ideas

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