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Contemporary Exterior Design Ideas with a Green Roof

Island Passive House
Island Passive House
The Artisans Group, Inc.The Artisans Group, Inc.
This prefabricated 1,800 square foot Certified Passive House is designed and built by The Artisans Group, located in the rugged central highlands of Shaw Island, in the San Juan Islands. It is the first Certified Passive House in the San Juans, and the fourth in Washington State. The home was built for $330 per square foot, while construction costs for residential projects in the San Juan market often exceed $600 per square foot. Passive House measures did not increase this projects’ cost of construction. The clients are retired teachers, and desired a low-maintenance, cost-effective, energy-efficient house in which they could age in place; a restful shelter from clutter, stress and over-stimulation. The circular floor plan centers on the prefabricated pod. Radiating from the pod, cabinetry and a minimum of walls defines functions, with a series of sliding and concealable doors providing flexible privacy to the peripheral spaces. The interior palette consists of wind fallen light maple floors, locally made FSC certified cabinets, stainless steel hardware and neutral tiles in black, gray and white. The exterior materials are painted concrete fiberboard lap siding, Ipe wood slats and galvanized metal. The home sits in stunning contrast to its natural environment with no formal landscaping. Photo Credit: Art Gray
Home on Pemaquid Pond
Home on Pemaquid Pond
BRIBURN – Architecture for LifeBRIBURN – Architecture for Life
The vegetated roof is planted with alpine seedums and helps with storm-water management. It not only absorbs rainfall to reduce runoff but it also respires, so heat gain in the summer is zero. Photo by Trent Bell
The Saugatuck Project
The Saugatuck Project
Karen Berkemeyer HomeKaren Berkemeyer Home
Inspiration for a mid-sized contemporary one-storey black house exterior in New York with a flat roof and a green roof.
Grey Duck
Grey Duck
SALA ArchitectsSALA Architects
The homeowners sought to create a modest, modern, lakeside cottage, nestled into a narrow lot in Tonka Bay. The site inspired a modified shotgun-style floor plan, with rooms laid out in succession from front to back. Simple and authentic materials provide a soft and inviting palette for this modern home. Wood finishes in both warm and soft grey tones complement a combination of clean white walls, blue glass tiles, steel frames, and concrete surfaces. Sustainable strategies were incorporated to provide healthy living and a net-positive-energy-use home. Onsite geothermal, solar panels, battery storage, insulation systems, and triple-pane windows combine to provide independence from frequent power outages and supply excess power to the electrical grid. Photos by Corey Gaffer
Highgate Garden Room
Highgate Garden Room
KSR InteriorsKSR Interiors
Tony Murray Photography
Contemporary one-storey exterior in London with a green roof.
Lake Oswego Custom Home
Lake Oswego Custom Home
Grove Custom HomesGrove Custom Homes
Photo of a large contemporary two-storey white house exterior in Portland with mixed siding, a hip roof and a green roof.
Blue Coat Lane
Blue Coat Lane
Vita Design GroupVita Design Group
Mid-sized contemporary three-storey stucco black house exterior in New York with a flat roof and a green roof.
Stanhope Avenue
Stanhope Avenue
Iguana Architects & Interior DesignIguana Architects & Interior Design
Rear extension
This is an example of a large contemporary three-storey black duplex exterior in London with a flat roof, a green roof and a grey roof.
War House
War House
CLAPP ArchitectesCLAPP Architectes
Façade avant avec terrasse
Design ideas for a large contemporary one-storey brown house exterior in Other with wood siding, a flat roof, a green roof, a black roof and clapboard siding.
Nachhaltiges Terrassenhaus
Nachhaltiges Terrassenhaus
Peter Stasek ArchitectsPeter Stasek Architects
Photo of a large contemporary three-storey concrete white house exterior in Frankfurt with a flat roof and a green roof.
Greenacre
Greenacre
Martins Camisuli ArchitectsMartins Camisuli Architects
Photography by Alex Maguire Photography This house had been re built over the past 12 years. We were asked to redesign the attic to create a new master bedroom with a bathroom and a walk in wardrobe.
Pool & Boat House "Casita"
Pool & Boat House "Casita"
AM ArchitectureAM Architecture
Design ideas for a small contemporary one-storey beige house exterior in Other with stone veneer, a flat roof and a green roof.
Woodside Eugenia
Woodside Eugenia
Lydia Lyons DesignsLydia Lyons Designs
Design ideas for a large contemporary one-storey grey house exterior in San Francisco with wood siding, a hip roof and a green roof.
Small extension, South London
Small extension, South London
Penton Architects LtdPenton Architects Ltd
Sedum roof to create green carpet outside of master bedroom window
Photo of a contemporary three-storey exterior in Kent with a flat roof and a green roof.
Connect 10 Mar Vista
Connect 10 Mar Vista
Connect HomesConnect Homes
Joe Fletcher
This is an example of a large contemporary two-storey grey house exterior in Los Angeles with mixed siding, a flat roof and a green roof.
Dawnsknoll Residence
Dawnsknoll Residence
MINARCMINARC
Art Gray Photography
Contemporary two-storey brown house exterior in Los Angeles with mixed siding, a flat roof and a green roof.
Kentfield Residence
Kentfield Residence
Turnbull Griffin HaesloopTurnbull Griffin Haesloop
Photo by David Wakely
This is an example of a contemporary exterior in San Francisco with a green roof.
Westlight House
Westlight House
McClellan | TelloneMcClellan | Tellone
Benjamin Benschneider
Photo of a large contemporary three-storey multi-coloured house exterior in Seattle with wood siding, a flat roof and a green roof.
Walnut Woods Residence
Walnut Woods Residence
John Senhauser ArchitectsJohn Senhauser Architects
Taking its cues from both persona and place, this residence seeks to reconcile a difficult, walnut-wooded site with the late client’s desire to live in a log home in the woods. The residence was conceived as a 24 ft x 150 ft linear bar rising into the trees from northwest to southeast. Positioned according to subdivision covenants, the structure bridges 40 ft across an existing intermittent creek, thereby preserving the natural drainage patterns and habitat. The residence’s long and narrow massing allowed many of the trees to remain, enabling the client to live in a wooded environment. A requested pool “grotto” and porte cochere complete the site interventions. The structure’s section rises successively up a cascading stair to culminate in a glass-enclosed meditative space (known lovingly as the “bird feeder”), providing access to the grass roof via an exterior stair. The walnut trees, cleared from the site during construction, were locally milled and returned to the residence as hardwood flooring. Photo Credit: Eric Williams (Sophisticated Living magazine)
CL16 Einfamilienhaus im Filstal
CL16 Einfamilienhaus im Filstal
Schiller Architektur BDASchiller Architektur BDA
This is an example of a contemporary house exterior in Stuttgart with wood siding, a flat roof, a green roof and clapboard siding.

Contemporary Exterior Design Ideas with a Green Roof

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